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Boustrophedon inscription, recorded by William Gell, from the throne of a statue at the Sacred Way of Didyma, the road leading from the Temple of Apollo to the sea. Inscription from a helmet at Olympia, votive offering of the city of Syracuse. William Leake cites the latter inscription to show how in Doric inscripions vowel crasis is employed so that inscriptions can end in dactylic hexameter.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Didim / anc. Didyma, Elis, Greece, Inscriptions, Ionia, Peloponnese, Turkey

Midas monument at the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eski Sehir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Eskisehir / anc. Dorylaion, Funerary monuments, Inscriptions, Midas monument, Phrygian monuments, Seyitgazi, Turkey, Yazılıkaya

Map of islets near Bozcaada and the opposite coast.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Asia Minor, Maps, Turkey

Map of Lesbos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Maps, Towers, Troad, Turkey

Map of Samos island and the Ionian coast.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Asia Minor, Greece, Ionia, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Maps, Samos, Turkey

Map of Symi island and the peninsula of Halicarnassus.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Asia Minor, Bodrum / Halicarnassus, Dodecanese, Greece, Maps, Peninsula of Halicarnassus, Symi, Turkey

Inscription in ancient Greek from Andros island (54). Inscription in ancient Greek from Konya (55-63). Inscriptions in ancient Greek from Adana (64).

Tags: Adana, Aegean islands, Andros, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cyclades, Greece, Inscriptions, Konya / Iconium, Turkey

Inscriptions in ancient Greek from Konya (38 - 40), Selymbria (41), Lüleburgaz (42), and Plovdiv (43 - 45).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Konya / Iconium, Lüleburgaz / byz. Arcadiopolis, Plovdiv / gr. Philippopolis, Silivri / Selymbria, Thrace, Turkey

Inscription in ancient Greek from Ankara.

Tags: Ankara, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Turkey

Ancient inscriptions from Ankara.

Tags: Ankara, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Turkey

Ancient structure on the outskirts of Tarsus, built by giants according to local tradition.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Gates, Tarsus, Turkey, Walls

Paul Lucas and his travelling companions fend off a band of Turkoman bandits near Karapınar, Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bandits, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Karapınar, Natural environment, Pack animals, Paul Lucas, Travel, Turkey, Turkomans, Weapons

Funerary monument, possibly at Termessos, Asia Minor.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Funerary monuments, Pisidia, Termessos, Turkey

Monuments on the outskirts of Caesarea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cappadocia, Funerary monuments, Kayseri / Caesarea, Turkey

Volcanic rocks, possibly at Göreme valley, Cappadocia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Cappadocia, Göreme / gr. Korama, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of Ankara.

Tags: Ankara, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Maps, Turkey, Views, Walls

Seals from the lake of Iznik, Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Natural environment, Seals (animal), Turkey

Map of the regions of the Eastern Mediterranean visited by Paul Lucas, drawn by Guillaume Delisle.

Tags: Aegean islands, Asia Minor, Crete, Cyclades, Cyprus, Dodecanese, Eastern Mediterranean, Guillaume Delisle, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Maps

A Roman gate at Ephesus. In the distance the castle of Selçuk, the city adjacent to ancient Ephesus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Castle of Selçuk, Castles and fortresses, Ephesus, Gates, Houses, Ionia, Mosques, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Selçuk / Agios Theologos, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Philadelphia, in Asia Minor.

Tags: Alasehir / anc. Philadelphia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Houses, Human types, Lydia, Mosques, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

Thyateira in Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Equids, Houses, Lydia, Mosques, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Thyateira / mod. Akhisar, Turkey, Views, Women

Ruins of an ancient temple, probably the temple of Aphrodite, in Sardes, Asia Minor.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Equids, Human types, Lydia, Natural environment, Sardes, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Temple of Aphrodite (Sardes), Turkey

The ruins of the basilica of Saint John in Pergamon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint John the Theologian (Pergamon), Churches, Houses, Human types, Mysia, Pergamon, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of Pergamon in Asia Minor. In the background, the Acropolis of Pergamon.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Pergamon, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Carriages, Equids, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Modes of transport, Mosques, Mysia, Pergamon, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of the city and port of Izmir. In the background, the castle of Pagos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Mosques, Ports, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

Map of Asia Minor showing the location of the
Seven Churches of Asia Minor or Seven Churches of the Apocalypse.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bible, Caria, Maps, New Testament, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Turkish man smoking his hookah.

Tags: Asia Minor, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Furniture, Hookahs, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

Turkish man from Yalova.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Turkey, Turks, Weapons, Yalova /byz. Helenopolis / anc. Pylae

The interior of a coffeshop, Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Furniture, Human types, Izmir / Smyrna, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Turks

Turkish man from Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman cemeteries, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

Interior of footwear shop at the bazaar of Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Human types, Izmir / Smyrna, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Turkey, Turks, Women

“Vounisioi” (mountaineers), members of irregular troops of Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia), Bithynia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Military uniforms, Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Murad IV (Istanbul), Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

The castles of Europe and Asia The Rumelian (1) and the Anatolian (2) castle, on the European and the Asian coast of the Bosporus. 3. The location of Sweet Waters of Asia.

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Map of Istanbul and surrounding area.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Thrace, Turkey

Map of Marmara sea.

Tags: Asia Minor, Black Sea, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Thrace, Turkey

Turkish women of Asia Minor making bread.

Tags: Asia Minor, Breadmaking, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Turks, Women

The tomb of Osman I in Bursa. Ottoman books, probably from one of the public libraries of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Books, Bursa, Funerary monuments, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Mausoleum of Osman I (Osman Gazi Türbesi), Mausoleums, Religious practices, Sultan Osman I / Osman Gazi, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Ancient coins from Tmolus (1), Izmir and Hierapolis (2), Milas (3, 4), coin of emperor Gallienus from Metropolis in Ionia (5), Colophon (6), coin of emperor Caracalla from Lebedus and Nicaea (7, 8).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Coins, Colophon, Hierapolis, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Lebedus, Metropolis (Ionia), Milas / anc. Mylasa, Nicaea, Roman coins, Tmolus

Ancient coins from Phocaea (1, 2), Sardes (3, 4), and possibly Izmir (5, 6).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Coins, Foça / anc. Phocaea, Izmir / Smyrna, Sardes

Ancient coins from Phocaea (1,2), Temnos (3,4), Erythrae (5, 6) and Hyrcanis (7, 8).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Erythrae (Asia Minor), Foça / anc. Phocaea, Hyrcanis, Temnos

Ancient coins from Thyateira (1), Izmir (2), Ephesus (3), Pergamon (4), Laodicea (5), Philadelphia (6), Sardes (7) and Magnesia (8).

Tags: Alasehir / anc. Philadelphia, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Coins, Ephesus, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Magnesia, Pergamon, Sardes, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Thyateira / mod. Akhisar, Turkey

Ancient coins from Zakynthos (1), Abydos (2), Izmir (3), Thyateira (4), Roman coins of emperors Commodus and Caracalla from Patras (5,6), coins from Delphi (7) and Sicyon (8).

Tags: Abydos, Achaia, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Central Greece, Coins, Delphi, Ionian islands, Izmir / Smyrna, Patras, Peloponnese, Phocis, Roman coins, Sicyon, Thyateira / mod. Akhisar, Turkey, Zakynthos

Roman coin of Emperor Otho. Ancient coin from Lesbos island. Ancient coins from Tinos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Coins, Cyclades, Lesbos, Roman coins, Tinos, Turkey

Engraved amethyst bought by French traveller Le Thou in Asia Minor. It shows Archangel Michael, combining elements from several religious traditions.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Reliefs, Turkey

Inscription from Miletus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Miletus, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Inscription from Philadelphia, Asia Minor.

Tags: Alasehir / anc. Philadelphia, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Inscription from Laodicea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Laodicea on the Lycus / mod. Eskihisar, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Inscription from Pergamon.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Pergamon, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Inscription from Ephesus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Inscriptions, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

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