The Roman period Jewish Synagogue renovated and Jewish workshops semi-detached to the Synagogue's wall  |
Possibly the most important
of the Via SAlarium way-stations, Sardes was inhabited by the Luvians,
followed by the Hitites, the Phrygians, the Lydians, Persians, Macedonians
and Romans.
Throughout most of these periods the Jews were also present. The Roman remains include a the Jewish Synagogue and Jewish workshops demonstrating the close and integral relationship with the Roman community.
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Remains of the Hellinistic temple
of Artemis in Sardis |
 figs [again] |
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| Camel trains were typcally made up of a thousand camels or more....the 'bulk' of which was salt..... |  |
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SARDIS was at a junction distributing the
camel trains' bulk consignments, from the TUZ GOLU [Tatta salt lake, to the 'sink' ports of Ephesus, Smyrna [Izmir] Miletus Halicarnassus, and Pergamum, for export to Rome |
The Gymnasium close to the Jewish Synagogue
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figs [yet again] - in the Gymnasium of Sardis |
Press one of these camels to go to PETRA the secret
city
or ....to go to 'Madaba and the Jordan valley'
or.....to go to 'Jerash'
or.....to go back 'to Getting ready'
