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The Ancient City of Ephesus: A Historical Treasure
A survey of Ephesus on Turkey's Aegean coast, from its Ionian Greek foundation through Lydian, Persian and Roman rule to decline, and the digs that revealed it.
Greece, Rome and Europe
Anatolian Greek and Roman Cities
The great cities of western Anatolia, from Ionian foundation to Roman rule.
The Ancient City of Ephesus: A City of Wonders
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders: how it was built, burned in 356 BCE, rebuilt, and how the cult of the goddess shaped the city.
The Ancient City of Ephesus: A Marvel of Roman Architecture
The Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre, the Terrace Houses and the main streets of Roman Ephesus: what each building was, when it dates and how it was restored.
The Ancient City of Ephesus: A Roman Metropolis
How Ephesus worked as a Roman provincial centre: its role in the province of Asia, harbour and trade, population estimates, and early Christian links such as Paul.
The Ancient City of Pergamon: A City of Wonder
Pergamon's Attalid kings, their ambitious library said to rival Alexandria, and the debated story that parchment took its name from the city.
The Ancient City of Pergamon: A Marvel of Greek Architecture
Pergamon's hilltop acropolis, steep theatre and Great Altar with its Gigantomachy frieze, built by the Attalid kings and now displayed in Berlin.
The Ancient City of Sagalassos: A Marvel of Roman Architecture
Sagalassos, a Pisidian mountain city in southwest Turkey: its Roman fountains and baths, and what excavation shows about earthquakes, plague and later settlement.
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