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Lydian Art

When we at the facts, we can build the experimental attempt to compile on Lydian art, there are groups of uneven records, the call for study. The excavations at Sardis have respect for Lydian architectural design in the ashlar terrace walls of the Acropolis example) in the marble and limestone walls of the chamber of the grave . . . → Read More: Lydian Art

Architectural Terracottas

Architectural terra cotta is an important source of information about the ancient architecture and architectural decoration in Anatolia during the first Millennium BC. So far, studies on the architectural tiles and revetments have been very good to stylistic analysis of the decoration, a concept that has its limits, especially with regard to the dating restficted. Only when considered in . . . → Read More: Architectural Terracottas

Historical and Cultural Setting

After the collapse of the Hittite empire in c. 1200 BC, the largest government had been in Late Bronze Age Anatolia, the stage was left clear for the emergence of new cultures. The start of the Iron Age saw the creation of Neo-Hittite States in the southeast, and at the beginning of the 9th The Urartians century as a . . . → Read More: Historical and Cultural Setting