Sardis
ancient city in Anatolia, today an archaeological site at Sart, Turkey
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Summary
Sardis is a locality[1]. Sardis ranks in the top 0.091% of locality entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,202 views/month, #3 of 3,278).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manisa Province[3], Salihli[4], Sart[5]
- Country: Turkey[6]
- Instance of: archaeological site[7], ancient city[8], heritage[9], polis[10], human settlement[11]
- Part of: Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe[12]
- Commons category: Sardis[13]
- Located on street: Royal Road[14]
- Located in/on physical feature: Aegean Region[15]
- Significant event: Siege of Sardes[16], Siege of Sardis[17]
- Official website: http://sardisexpedition.org[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sardis[19]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Pauly–Wissowa[24], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[28]
- Capital of: Lydia[29]
- Affiliation: Museum Directorate of Manisa[30]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[31]
- Category for people born here: Q21074529[32]
- Category for people who died here: Q61217904[33]
- Different from: Sardi[34]
- Area: 1656 ha[35], 1652 ha[36]
- Culture: Lydians[37]
- State of conservation: preserved[38]
Why It Matters
Sardis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Sardis is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]