Seha River Land, Lydian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine
Site notes
Excavation dates
1910–1914, 1922, 1958–present
Archaeologists
Howard Crosby Butler, G.M.A. Hanfmann, Crawford H. Greenewalt Jr., Nicholas Cahill
Condition
Ruined
Ownership
Public
Public access
Yes
Website
sardisexpedition.org
Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/SAR-diss) or Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdiːs/SAR-deess; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Šfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian: Sparda) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Persian satrapy of Lydia and later a major center of Hellenistic and Byzantine culture. Now an active archaeological site, it is located in modern day Turkey, in Manisa Province near the town of Sart.
Melito of Sardis (Greek: Μελίτων Σάρδεων Melítōn Sárdeōn; died c. 180) was the bishop of Sardis near Smyrna in western Anatolia, and who held a foremost...
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Sardis Road (Welsh: Heol Sardis) is a rugby union stadium situated in Pontypridd, Wales. It is home to the Indigo Group Premiership team, Pontypridd RFC...
Straton of Sardis (Greek: Στράτων; better known under his Latin name Strato) was a Greek poet and anthologist from the Lydian city of Sardis. Straton is...
The Sardis Synagogue is a synagogue located in Manisa Province, Turkey, the biggest one known from antiquity. Sardis was under numerous foreign rulers...
describes their capital not as Sardis but as Hyde (Iliad xx. 385); Hyde may have been the name of the district in which Sardis was located. Later, Herodotus...
Siege of Sardis may refer to: Siege of Sardis (547 BC), the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of...
Sardis Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Ohoopee River. Sardis Creek derives its name from James Sartain, an early...
(Philippians 4:3), was the first bishop of Sardis. Little is known about the ancient bishopric of Sardis, with the notable exception of Saint Melito...
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Sardis Baptist Church may refer to: Sardis Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Alabama Sardis Baptist Church (Union Springs, Alabama)...
Sardis High School is a public high school in Sardis City, Alabama, United States. It is a part of Etowah County Schools. The Sardis High School athletic...
of marriage from Ptolemy and fled Sardis. However, before their marriage, she was captured, brought back to Sardis, and assassinated by one of her female...
heard of the attack on Sardis, they gathered together, and marched to the relief of Artaphernes. When they arrived at Sardis, they found the Greeks recently...
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