Ancient ruins at Thyateira (Akhisar)

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts a wide panorama of the multi-layered historical fabric of Akhisar, known in antiquity as Thyatira. While the composition presents the ancient heritage consisting of massive column capitals and sarcophagi in the foreground, it masterfully brings together a procession moving along a path shaded by cypress trees in the midground, and a vibrant Ottoman city silhouette adorned with minarets nestled at the foothills of majestic mountains in the background, documenting the uninterrupted historical continuity of Anatolia.