Perge, The Great City of Pamphylia

Homer Antik Kentler Serisi ile birçok uygarlığa beşiklik yapan ülkemizdeki antik yerleşim yerlerinin tanıtımı, korunması ve gelecek kuşaklara aktarılması amaçlanmaktadır. Seri bilimsel nitelik taşımakla birlikte, konunun uzmanı olmayanların ve bu kentleri gezecek ziyaretçilerin de anlayabileceği tarzda yazılmış ve çok sayıda görsel malzeme ile desteklenerek, okuyucunun kenti hissetmesi hedeflenmiştir. Genelde Türkçe ve İngilizce dillerinde eş zamanlı basılmaktadır. Perge Kentinin Türkçe basımı ise daha önce yapılmış olup İngilizce yayınımız okuru ile yeni buluşmaktadır. Homer Antik Kentler Serisinden günümüze kadar 17 antik kentin kitabı basılmıştırOur archaeological guides are written by well-known archaeologists in the hope that they might evoke thespirit of these sites for anyone interested in the remains of Anatolian civilizations. Illustrated with beautifulphotographs, equipped with helpful plans and drawings, they are essential resources for travelers in Turkey.Perge is located in the modern Aksu district, approximately 18 km northeast of the Antalya city centre. Theregion covering Perge was called Pamphylia (land of all tribes) in antiquity which was bordered by Pisidia andtheTaurus Mountains from the north and the Mediterranean Sea from the south. It approximately covers thepresent-day Antalya plain.The earliest evidence of humans in the city were found in the Acropolis indicatesLate Neolithic-Chalcolithic Age. In addition, finds from the Late Chalcolithic, Early, Middle and Late BronzeAges were also unearthed. During the Hellenistic Period, the settlement expanded towards the plain to thesouth of the Acropolis. Most of the structures visible on the surface of the city belong to the Roman ImperialPeriod which was its heyday.The excavations in Perge in 1946, initiated by Ord. Prof. Dr. Arif Müfid Mansel on behalf of the IstanbulUniversity, were also the beginning of the first systematic Turkish excavation in the field ofClassicalArchaeologyinTurkey.AfterManse...