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The Gate of Persecution at Ephesus. At the top of the arch, spolia of ancient sarcophagus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Gate of Persecution (Ephesus), Gates, Ionia, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi, Turkey

Turk of Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Prayer beads, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Turks

Greek from Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Prayer beads, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Levend (member of irregular naval corps) of Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Levend, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

Map of the coast of Turkey from Izmir to Antalya.

Tags: Aegean islands, Asia Minor, Attaleia / Antalya, Dodecanese, Greece, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Lydia, Maps, Rhodes, Turkey

The Hittite relief at Karabel, on the route from Kemalpaşa to Torbali. The relief is mentioned for the first time by Herodotus, who believed it respresented Pharaoh Sesostris III. According to modern research, it is most probably a depiction of Hittite king Tarkasnava.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Equids, Hittite monuments, Hittites, Horses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Karabel, Kemalpaşa /byz. Nymphaion, Lydia, Natural environment, Reliefs, Turkey

Byzantine remains at Kemal Pasa, (byz. Nymphaion).

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Byzantine monuments, Human types, Ionia, Kemalpaşa /byz. Nymphaion, Lydia, Natural environment, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds, Turkey

Roman aqueduct of Kızılçullu at Buca, Izmir. In the background, the castle of Kadifekale (ancient acropolis of Pagos).

Tags: Aqueduct of Kızılçullu, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Buca, Castles and fortresses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Lydia, Meles river (Meles Çayı), Rivers, Roman monuments, Turkey

Caravan bridge outside Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bridges, Camels, Caravan Bridge (Izmir), Caravans, Donkeys, Equids, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Lydia, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey

Landscape at Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Lydia, Natural environment, Olive groves, Turkey

View of Izmir. On top of Pagos Hill, the castle of Kadife.

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

View of Izmir with Pagos castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Ports, Turkey, Views

Two different versions of Greek love song from Izmir.

Tags: Asia Minor, Cultural activities, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Music, Musical scores, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Turkey

View of Izmir, with Kadifekale castle on the hilltop.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Mosques, Mysia, Ports, Turkey, Views

View of Izmir. In the background, Kadifekale castle.

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

Panoramic view of Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ports, Turkey, Views

Nautical chart of the gulf of Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Gulf of Izmir, Gulfs and bays, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Maps, Turkey

View of Izmir, with Kadife castle in the distance.

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

View of the Ancient Theatre of Miletus.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Miletus, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Miletus, Natural environment, Priene, Turkey, Views

Panoramic view of ancient Teos and Sigacik bay.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Gulfs and bays, Ionia, Natural environment, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of Magnesia on the Meander.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Magnesia on the Maeander, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Magnesia on the Meander, Turkey, Views

Panoramic view of the gulf and city of Izmir from the remains of the temple of Hera.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Gulf of Izmir, Gulfs and bays, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

Entrance to an Armenian church in Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Armenian churches, Asia Minor, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Priests, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views

City gate of Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Gates, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Modes of transport, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Pack animals, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Women

Muslim cemetery on the route from Izmir to the suburb of Burnova.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Women

Quays at the Turkish quarter of Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Gulf of Izmir, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Mosques, Ports, Turkey, Turkish quarter of Izmir, Views

Panoramic view of the city and port of Izmir.

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

View of the city and castle of Izmir from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Gulf of Izmir, Gulfs and bays, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of a coast in the gulf of Izmir, from the hills of Sancak Burnu promontory.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Gulf of Izmir, Gulfs and bays, Ionia, Natural environment, Sancak Burnu, Turkey, Views

View of settlement in the bay of Izmir, possibly Yenifoça.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Foça / anc. Phocaea, Ionia, Natural environment, Ports, Turkey, Views, Walls, Yenifoça

Comparison of plans of ancient temples as to their size: The temple of Artemis at Ephesus (1), the Heraion of Samos (2), the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma (3), the temple of Artemis at Sardes (4), the temple of Artemis Leucophryene at Magnesia on the Maeander (5), the temple of Dionysus at Teos (6), the temple of Athena Polias at Priene (7), in Ionic order. The temples of Agrigento (1) and Selinunte (2) in Doric order, the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens (Corinthian order) and the Parthenon (Doric order).

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

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

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

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

Jacob Spon and George Wheler at Izmir. Panoramic view of the city.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Horses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Travel, Turkey, Views

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 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

Inscription from Smyrna.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Inscriptions, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey

Roman baths at Ephesus, probably the Roman baths of Varius in Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Baths, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Ionia, Remains, Roman baths, Selçuk / Agios Theologos, Turkey, Turks

A Roman building at Ephesus, probably a bathhouse.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Baths (Hamam), Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Ionia, Remains, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Travel, Turkey, Turks

Ruins at the temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Ionia, Temple of Artemis (Ephesus), Travel, Turkey, Turks

View of the wall of the Ancient Theatre of Ephesus.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Horses, Human types, Ionia, Remains, Turkey

The Roman Stadium of Ephesus.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Equids, Human types, Ionia, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Stadiums, Turkey

Ruins of an aqueduct at Ephesus, most probably the Byzantine aqueduct at Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Remains, Selçuk / Agios Theologos, Turkey

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