Correspondence and other records of the Sardis Expedition, 1956-1981 (inclusive).

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Correspondence and other records of the Sardis Expedition, 1956-1981 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports and other records relating primarily to the Sardis expedition in Turkey, under the field directorship of George M. A. Hanfmann. Topics and concerns include: budgets, finances and fund-raising; NEH grants and grant proposals; staff lists and work assignments; visitors to Sardis; evaluation applications and permits; Turkish personnel, trainees and labor concerns; Fogg Museum; and Sardis publications. Includes correspondence to specific persons interested in, or affiliated with, the Sardis excavation.

6.65 cubic feet in 19 containers

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Sardis is the capital of Lydia, located in the West of modern Turkey. During the height of its power in the 8th-6th centuries B.C. under the kings Gyges, Alyattes and Croesus, Sardis controlled the area from the Aegean coast to the Persian border. It was subsequently the western capital of the Persian empire and an important Roman center. Excavations at ancient Sardis have been conducted by Harvard and Cornell Universities under the aegis of the American Schools of Oriental Research since 1958. ...

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