Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2008, the excavation has been under the directorship of Nicholas Cahill, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Some of the important finds from the site of Sardis are housed in the Archaeological Museum of Manisa, including Late Roman mosaics and sculpture, a helmet from the mid-6th century BC, and pottery from various periods. See also Cities of the ancient Near East List of synagogues in Turkey References Sources Further reading External links The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, of the Harvard University Art Museums The Search for Sardis, history of the archaeological excavations in Sardis, in the Harvard Magazine Sardis, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Sardis Turkey, a comprehensive photographic tour of the site The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites - Sardis Livius.org: Sardes - pictures