Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XIII- Antioch.
Antioch, the once great metropolis of Syria and capital of the diocese of the East, was founded at the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus
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Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XI-Nicomedia.
Nicomedia corresponds to the current city of Izmit in the Turkish province of Kocaeli. It was founded in the year 264 BC by the bithynian mo
Kyme: The ancient aeolian harbour.
The story of Kyme (Cyme in Latin), Turkey, is long as few. It was founded by greek settlers from the city of Locris sometime from the 8th ce
Assos: The main Street and the Agora.
Assos (present Behramkale, in the northwestern extreme of Turkey) is the name of an ancient Greek city built on the southern slope of a high
The Amphitheatre of Cyzicus.
During our visit to the site of the ancient city of Cyzicus in December 2015, we find out that, apart from the ruins of Hadrian's Temple
The Temple of Artemis in Sardes.
After visiting the brief remains of Sardes, the ancient capital of Lydia, inside Asia Minor, we arrived to the place where the ruins of the
The Acropolis of Pergamon: 2nd Part
The Acropolis of Pergamon becomes rough to the north of the sacred enclosure of Trajaneum. Urbanization level was always low in this area, r
The Acropolis of Pergamon: Ist Part
We invite you to a guided tour to the Acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamon: the mythical capital of the equally named Hellenistic kingd
The great temple of Hadrian at Cyzicus
Between dairy farms and small farms dedicated to the cultivation of the olive tree rises a powerful staggered structure of more than a hundr
Tripolis ad Maeandrum: The Hierapolis Street.
One of the main streets of the ancient Phrygian city of Tripolis ad Maeandrum is the so-called "Hierapolis Street" as this city...
Laodicea ad Lycum: Two Theaters.
The Phyrigian city of Laodicea ad Lycum is one of the few cities of classical antiquity that disposed of two theaters operating at the same
The bridge of Antiochia ad Maeandrum in the coinage of the city.
The ancient Carian city of Antioch on the Maeander owed large part of its prosperity to certain bridge over the River Maeander built in its
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