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[2] [3] In classical times, Thyatira stood on the border between Lydia and Mysia. During the Roman era, (1st century AD), it was famous for its dyeing facilities and was a center of the purple cloth trade. [citation needed] Among the ancient ruins of the city, inscriptions have been found relating to the guild of dyers in the city. Indeed, more ...
Akhisar (Ottoman Turkish: آق حصار) is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 1,645 km 2, [3] and its population is 177,419 (2022). [1] It is the site of the ancient city of Thyatira.
Bishopric of Thyatira (Italian: Tiatira) is a titular see of the Catholic Church centered on the ancient Roman city of Thyatira in Asia Minor.
Akrotiri's strategic position on the primary sailing route between Cyprus and Minoan Crete also made it an important point for the copper trade, [3] thus allowing it to become an important centre for processing copper, as proven by the discovery of moulds and crucibles there. Akrotiri's prosperity continued for about another 500 years; paved ...
The site was discovered in 2001, when the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey examined the area around the Marmara Lake and identified 6 citidels, 5 unfortified lowland sites, and 23 smaller sites. The largest was at Kaymakçı. [5] [6] The site of Kaymakçı was then excavated in four seasons between 2014 and 2017. [3] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Pydnae was a Hellenistic fort on the coast of ancient Lycia, [7] [8] which was situated near the mouth of the River Őzlen. [9] The earliest surviving descriptions of the place are in the anonymous 3rd century Stadiasmus Maris Magni, a Roman guidebook for sailors, and in Ptolemy's Geography (5.3.5), written in the 2nd century, when it was referred to as Kydna.
The discovery, they say, may be the most significant in a series of archaeological finds made at the mouth of the Miami River in the past 25 years that include the Miami Circle National Historic ...
Archaeological illustration from Nevalı Çori, eastern Turkey. The settlement had five architectural levels. The excavated architectural remains were of long rectangular houses containing two to three parallel flights of rooms, interpreted as mezzanines. These are adjacent to a similarly rectangular ante-structure, subdivided by wall ...