The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
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We grieve the loss of life and the destruction caused by the devastating earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye. Hepimizin başı sağolsun.

Sardis during a spring thunderstorm.
The Theater of Sardis during excavation, 2010.
Excavations in the theater, 2006.
Artist Catherine Alexander drawing the contents of a Lydian house.
Archaeologists Tiziana D’Angelo and Andrew Ramage inspecting destruction debris from a Lydian house.
Lydian three-nozzled lamp as found in a destroyed Lydian house.
Lydian three-nozzled lamp and two Marbled Ware omphalos phialai from a Lydian house under the theater.
The Temple of Artemis.
Conservator Tony Sigel restoring Lydian pottery from sector HoB.
Lydian dinos from sector HoB.
“The Lydians and Their World” exhibition at the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul, 2010.
Bath and Synagogue, 1963.
Bath and Synagogue, 1973.
View of Sardis from Bin Tepe.
Lydian electrum coin from Sardis, discovered 2008.
The Synagogue and Acropolis of Sardis.
Lydian boat-shaped vase from Sardis.
Climbing the Acropolis.