IZMIR, Turkey
Maps of the 2,300-year-old city of Pergamon in Turkey’s Izmir province are now accessible digitally.
Archaeological work is being carried out in the ancient city by the German Archaeological Institute with the permission of Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry and it mapped a 12.5- square-kilometer area on a digital platform.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the director of the institute, Felix Pirson, said the new studies serve as a geographic information system.
He said there are deficiencies in the data about the region from work in the 1970s, noting they felt the need to update maps visualizing Pergamon in the 3rd century B.C.
Pointing out that they collaborated with Bergama Municipality…