This unique guidebook provides the precise GPS coordinates and descriptive information needed to visit more than sixty ancient sites in western Turkey. This information enables visitors using a GPS to easily drive on their own to these sites, many of which are located in remote rural areas without signage. Chapters are based on ancient regions in western Asia Minor, beginning with the Troad (including Troy) in the northwest, proceeding south through Mysia, Aeolia, Ionia, and Caria along the Aegean coast, then east along the Mediterranean coast to Lycia and Pamphylia, and finally north through...

Eastern Turkey is a fascinating region, with far fewer tourists than along the coastal areas of the Aegean Sea. This guidebook includes essential information needed to visit those ancient sites in eastern Turkey, which date back to the thousand-year period from 200 BCE to 800 CE. This was the era when the Roman Empire reached its apex, Judaism was fundamentally internationalized, Christianity arose to ultimately become the official imperial ideology, and Islam was born. This book provides precise GPS coordinates and essential site descriptions, as well as relevant historical, religious and...

Russian language guidebook to ancient sites in Western Turkey from period 200 BCE to 800 CE. Precise GPS coordinates enable visitors to reach more than 60 sites, including many seldom visited with no signage. Contains descriptions of more than 80 classical deities and historical figures. Ideal for tour group leaders with an interest in Hellenistic culture or early Christianity. Covers ancient regions of Troad, Mysia, Aeolia, Ionia, Lydia, Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Phrygia, and Bithynia, as well as Constantinople (Istanbul). Includes related university and museum archaeological...