Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series
"Changing Perceptions and Perspectives: New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey" By Dr. Nick Cahill, Dept. of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Event Details
Date
Friday, February 3, 2023
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
Sardis was a major city of Turkey for millennia. A goal of archaeological research there is to understand the early phases of the site, when the Lydians came to control an empire, invented the world’s 1st coinage, & were intermediaries between the Mediterranean world and Mesopotamia. Although ancient Greeks wrote much about the Lydians, archaeology presents a different picture, forcing us to reevaluate what later Classical writers knew about this culture, & how modern scholars have been misled.
Cost
Free
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