Aphrodisias Through the Centuries
Aphrodisias was not a city that flashed briefly and faded.
The Architecture of Aphrodisias Explained
Aphrodisias is the rare ancient city you can read like a textbook, because almost all of it was built from the same material: the white and blue-grey marble quarried from the hills that surround it.
The Complete History of Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias, in the Aydin province of southwestern Turkey, is the city of the goddess Aphrodite and one of the best-preserved ancient cities of the Mediterranean.
Pergamon Through the Centuries
Pergamon lived for more than two thousand years, and its centuries are written across the hill above Bergama and the plain below.
The Architecture of Pergamon Explained
Pergamon was the showpiece of Hellenistic architecture, and its genius was the marriage of building and hillside.
The Complete History of Pergamon
Pergamon, in the Bergama district of Izmir province, is one of the great forgotten capitals of the ancient world.
Troy Through the Centuries
Troy is usually remembered as a single moment, the ten years of the Trojan War, but the real city lived for three thousand years.
The Architecture of Troy Explained
Troy looks like a jumble of walls, and in a sense it is: the architecture of the site is a stack of nine cities, each built on the ruins of the last, spanning three thousand years.
The Complete History of Troy
Troy is the most famous name in Western literature, the city of Helen, Achilles, and the wooden horse, and it is also a real archaeological site in the Troad of northwestern Turkey, near Canakkale.
Ephesus Through the Centuries
No ancient city in Turkey tells a longer or richer story than Ephesus, and the secret of enjoying it fully is to read its stones as a timeline.
The Architecture of Ephesus Explained
The ruins of Ephesus are beautiful, but they are also a lesson in ancient engineering.
The Complete History of Ephesus
Few places on earth pack three thousand years of history into one compact site.
