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 basılmıştır

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Perge is located in the modern Aksu district, approximately 18 km northeast of the Antalya city centre. The
region covering Perge was called Pamphylia (land of all tribes) in antiquity which was bordered by Pisidia and
theTaurus Mountains from the north and the Mediterranean Sea from the south. It approximately covers the
present-day Antalya plain.The earliest evidence of humans in the city were found in the Acropolis indicates
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic Age. In addition, finds from the Late Chalcolithic, Early, Middle and Late Bronze
Ages were also unearthed. During the Hellenistic Period, the settlement expanded towards the plain to the
south of the Acropolis. Most of the structures visible on the surface of the city belong to the Roman Imperial
Period which was its heyday.
The excavations in Perge in 1946, initiated by Ord. Prof. Dr. Arif Müfid Mansel on behalf of the Istanbul
University, were also the beginning of the first systematic Turkish excavation in the field of
ClassicalArchaeologyinTurkey.AfterMansel’sdeath,Prof.Dr.Jale İnan continued the excavations.The book you
are holding is prepared by the students of late Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoğlu, who continued the Perge excavations
on behalf of the Istanbul University as the third excavation director. Perge excavations are currently carried out
by Prof. Dr. Sedef Çokay Kepçe on behalf of Istanbul University. We hope that this guide, written by scholars
who participated in the Perge excavations within their expertise to provide accurate information to the guests
of the city, would be helpful to its users. We strongly recommend that you enrich your Perge trip by visiting the
Antalya Archaeological Museum.Visitors of the city will get to know Perge better after visiting the Antalya
Archaeological Museum, where a large number of artefacts found in the excavations are exhibited.