Beginning with an excavation led by Princeton University in 1910, generations of scholars excavated the ancient city of Sardis, which was the capital of Lydia before the Persian conquest, and one ...

The ancient city of Sardis and Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye’s western Manisa province have been inscribed on the ...

TEHRAN - Recent archaeological discoveries in the ancient Lydian city of Sardis, located in the western Manisa province of Türkiye, have unearthed human remains believed to be linked to a significant ...

Lydian Gold Coin The Lydian Gold Coin, also famously known as ‘Croeseid’ was created around 550 BCE by King Croesus in ancient Lydia, modern-day Turkey, and was the first gold coin ever made.

Lydia Berger / PLOS ONE On an island in Greece, researchers have discovered a 3,600-year-old workshop that once turned out a rare purple dye coveted by royalty—and made from snail glands.

The ancient city of Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe, located in the western Turkish province of Manisa, have ...