🏛️ Sardis-Temenouthyrai
Hellenistic and Roman settlement in western Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Manisa Province, western Türkiye, approximately 100 km east of İzmir
- Significant Hellenistic and Roman period occupation, with earlier Iron Age settlement phases
- Site features remains of classical architecture, pottery, and inscriptional evidence
- Accessible via regional roads; administrative management through local archaeological authorities
Sardis-Temenouthyrai represents an important archaeological locality in western Anatolia, combining evidence of Hellenistic Greek and Roman settlement patterns. The site occupies a position within the broader network of ancient cities that characterised the Aegean interior during the classical and post-classical periods. Current surface archaeology and excavation records document occupation spanning multiple centuries and cultural phases ...