discoverer of the Pergamon Altar. These lasted 21 months and partially revealed the theatre, the Artemis temple, the agora, the Zeus temple and the prytaneion. Excavations were resumed at the site, after an interval of almost 100 years, in 1984, by Orhan Bingöl of the University of Ankara and the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Findings from the site are now displayed in Istanbul and Aydın, as well as in Berlin and Paris. Copies of the portico (pronaos) of the Zeus temple and of a bay of the Artemis temple can be visited in the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin. Much of the architectural remains of Magnesia were destroyed long ago by local lime burners. The well preserved remains of the Zeus temple have been destroyed by local residents even after Humann's excavation campaign. In July 2018, six Greek statues were discovered. Four female, one male and one with unknown gender were unearthed in the ruins of a temple of Artemis. Notable people Bathycles (6th century BC) Greek sculptor Themistocles of Athens spent his final years and was buried here Protophanes (Πρωτοφάνης) ancient victor of both wrestling and Pankration Alciphron (Ἀλκίφρων), Greek philosopher Sources Carl Humann: Magnesia am Maeander. Bericht über die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen der Jahre 1891–1893. Berlin: Reimer, 1904 Volker Kästner: Der Tempel des Zeus Sosipolis von Magnesia am Mäander, in: Brigitte Knittlmayer and Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer: Die Antikensammlung, Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1998, p. 230-231 Johannes Althoff: Ein Meister des Verwirklichens. Der Archäologe Theodor Wiegand, in: Peter Behrens, Theodor Wiegand und die Villa in Dahlem. Klaus Rheidt and Barbara A. Lutz (ed.), Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2004, p. 151 Literary references Magnesia on the Maeander is the location for the historical mystery novel The Ionia Sanction, by Gary Corby, set during the last days of Themistocles. See also List of ancient Greek cities References General In Smith, W. (1854). Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. Boston: Little, Brown & Co Page 252 Footnotes Cities in ancient Ionia Former populated places in Turkey Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Thessalian colonies Buildings and structures in Aydın Province History of Aydın Province Tourist attractions in Aydın Province Populated places in ancient Ionia Catholic titular sees in Asia Germencik District