Ancient City of Sardes - 4K
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Here's a fantastic aerial view of one of the most important ancient ruins sights in Turkey, compliments of top contributor jesus_tr. It's from the ruins of the ancient city of Sardis in Manisa, one of the (inland) provinces which makes up the Aegean Region of western Turkey. Sardis was said to be founded by the sons of Hercules. Later it was the capital of the kingdom of Lydia, one of the most important of the Antiquity. Still later, the great city earned frequent mention in the New Testament.
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Ancient City of Sardes (Salihli) The ruins of the ancient city of Sardis, the capital of the Lydian State, are in Sart Town, Salihli District. It is understood from the excavations that Sart and its region have been the scene of various settlements for more than 5000 years and it is an important settlement in Roman and Byzantine periods. The city of Sardis of the Lydian period, known as the place where the money was first published in state security, became a rich city thanks to agriculture, animal husbandry, trade and gold mining in Paktolos (Sart) Stream. B.C. M.S. During the 14th century until the 7th century early Byzantine period, Sardes maintained its characteristic of being an important transportation and administrative and commercial city.