Pergamum and Troy
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
Pergamum
 | Scenes along the coast on the way to Pergamum: |
 | Scenes along the coast on the way to Pergamum: |
 | Pergamum: Museum Mosaic The most beautiful mosaic I've seen yet. |
 | Pergamum: Museum Bronze casting of a Roman warrior |
 | Pergamum: Museum Roman sculptures |
 | Pergamum: Museum Roman sculptures |
 | Pergamum: Museum Nike, goddess of victory |
 | Pergamum: The Asklepion Overall view of the Asklepion. |
 | Pergamum: The Asklepion The Sacred Way, leading from Pergamum: to the Asklepion. This was a sort of health resort on the outskirts of Pergamum: . It involved a large complex of buildings including a theatre, several temples, a hospital and so on. The hill in background is the Acropolis of Pergamum: , on which the center of the town was built. |
 | Pergamum: The Asklepion The Sacred Way |
 | Pergamum: The Asklepion The Sacred Way |
 | Pergamum: The Asklepion Ruins of the library |
 | Pergamum: A long covered walk extended from the entrance the theatre. . |
 | Pergamum: A long covered walk extended from the entrance the theatre. |
 | Pergamum: A long covered walk extended from the entrance the theatre. |
 | Pergamum: A long covered walk extended from the entrance the theatre. |
 | Pergamum: The theatre. |
 | Pergamum: The theatre. |
 | Pergamum: The theatre. |
 | Pergamum: A newly evacuated temple beyond the theatre. I don't know anything about it. |
 | Pergamum: A newly evacuated temple beyond the theatre. |
 | Pergamum: the Baths |
 | Pergamum: the Baths |
 | Pergamum: Part of the underground construction |
 | Pergamum: General view of the central courtyard of the Asklepion. |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General view from the Acropolis |
 | Pergamum: General views of the fortifications. Pergamum: was huge, with three city walls. We only saw the upper acropolis, where the palaces and temples were. There is a whole lower half of the city that we never even got to. |
 | Pergamum: General views of the fortifications. |
 | Pergamum: General views of the fortifications. |
 | Pergamum: General views of the fortifications. |
 | Pergamum: . General views of the fortifications. The pictures only hint at what a wonderful scene this was. Looking west, we could see the Aegean; looking inland, we could see mountains with snow in the distance. Dark clouds were skimming by just overhead and everything was lit by mellow winter sunlight. |
 | Pergamum: Remains of the upper Agora (marketplace). |
 | Pergamum: The Altar of Zeus, now only a low platform under the trees. The theater. |
 | Pergamum: Temple of Trajan'distant view. |
 | Pergamum: Temple of Trajan'distant view. |
 | Pergamum: Temple of Trajan: distant view. |
 | Pergamum: Temple of Trajan: ruins, with the city wall in the background. |
 | Pergamum: : Fragment of marble covering from the temple of Trajan. |
 | Pergamum: : The Great Cistern in the royal palace (now used as a wishing well!) |
 | Pergamum: : Temple of Athena |
 | Pergamum: : Entrance to the city, with the temple of Athena on the left. |
 | Pergamum: : Ruins of the library, once one of the largest in the world, with 250,000 books. The Egyptians feared that this library would become greater than theirs at Alexandria, and to prevent this they outlawed the exporting of papyrus, at that time the only known writing material (paper wasn't invented yet). The librarians replied by developing a new type of paper: parchment. The word 'parchment' itself comes from the name 'Pergamum: .' In 47 B.C., Julius Caesar's troops destroyed the library at Alexandria. To replace the lost books, Marc Antony confiscated the entire library of Pergamum: and moved it to Egypt. |
 | Pergamum: : Ruins of a small palace. |
 | Pergamum: Ruins of a small palace. |
Troy
 | Troy: Name of site |
 | Troy: Troy: VI 1700-1250 |
 | Troy: Troy: VI 1700-1250 |
 | Troy: Troy: VI 1700-1250 |
 | Troy: Troy: VI 1700-1250 |
 | Troy: views from Troy: |
 | Troy: views from Troy: |
 | Troy: Troy: II & 'Trojan Horses' 2500-2100 A.D. |
| Troy: Troy: II 2500-2100 | |
| Troy: Troy: I 3000-2500 | |
 | Troy: Troy: II City gate 2500-2100 |
 | Troy: Troy: II City gate 2500-2100 |
 | Troy: Troy: II City walls 2500-2100 |
 | Troy: Troy: VIII Atlas etc. 900-350 |
 | Troy: Troy: VIII & other levels 900-350 |
 | Troy: Troy: IX, theatre 350-400 |
 | Troy: Troy: VI 1700-1250 |
 | Troy: Troy: IX Marble columns 350-400 A.D. |
 | Dardanelles Mouth of Dardanelles |
 | Dardanelles Mouth of Dardanelles |
 | Dardanelles Gallipoli monuments |
 | Dardanelles Gallipoli monuments |
 | Dardanelles at Canakkale |
 | Dardanelles at Canakkale |
 | Dardanelles at Canakkale |
 | Dardanelles at Canakkale |
 | Dardanelles at Canakkale |
 | Wagon in Canakkale |
 | Canakkale: Kilitbahir fortress |
 | Canakkale: Views from ferry |
 | Canakkale: Views from ferry |
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Created 19 December 2003, Last Update 24 May 2020