Miletus Through the Centuries
Few cities in the ancient world lived as long or as fully as Miletus.
The Architecture of Miletus Explained
Miletus is a textbook of ancient architecture, a site where you can see the development of Greek and Roman building over nearly a thousand years.
The Complete History of Miletus
Miletus was one of the most important cities of the ancient Greek world, a great port on the Aegean coast of Anatolia that founded colonies across the Mediterranean and Black Sea and produced the first…
Sardis Through the Centuries
Sardis is one of the oldest and most storied cities of Anatolia, and for a few centuries in the first millennium BC its name meant wealth to the entire ancient world.
The Architecture of Sardis Explained
Sardis was built on a site of extraordinary natural strength and beauty: a steep acropolis rock, a broad fertile valley, and a stream that carried gold.
The Complete History of Sardis
Sardis was one of the great cities of the ancient world, the capital of the Lydian kingdom, the seat of the legendary King Croesus, and the place where money itself was invented.
Pamukkale Travertines Through the Centuries
The white terraces of Pamukkale are older than any city, any empire, any religion. They were built by mineral water over thousands of years, and human history around them is a much shorter, later story.
The Architecture of Pamukkale Travertines Explained
The terraces of Pamukkale are a building without an architect, a structure created by water and chemistry over thousands of years.
The Complete History of Pamukkale Travertines
The white terraces of Pamukkale, the cotton castle of southwestern Turkey, look like a frozen waterfall poured over the hillside.
Hierapolis Through the Centuries
Hierapolis lived for over a thousand years, and its history reads like the history of the ancient world in miniature: Hellenistic kings, Roman emperors, Jewish communities, Christian martyrs, earthquakes, and…
The Architecture of Hierapolis Explained
Hierapolis was built on a dramatic platform: a plateau above the white travertine terraces, with the valley floor far below.
The Complete History of Hierapolis
Hierapolis sits on a plateau above the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale, and its story is inseparable from the hot springs that made its name.
