Inner Aegean: Two plants on a Synnada coin
One [Synnada](/en/envanter/afyon-suhut-synnada) bronze coin, dated after 133 BCE, shows poppy and wheat between the caps of the Dioscuri on its reverse. The plant images are coin motifs: a small, specific trace from the city's material culture.
4 narratives and 9 place records connect to this discovery world through thematic and geographic relationships.
Four gateways into this world
- Produce and geography — The natural settings of olives, grapes, figs, grain, herbs, fish and dairy.
- Production and labour — Knowledge accumulated in vineyard, mill, bakery, dairy, market and home kitchen.
- Season and harvest — When, where and through which rhythm a product reaches the table.
- Migration and table memory — Traces left by moving communities in recipes, techniques and table habits.
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Story and event network
- From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
- Establishment of Kayalıoğlu Or Yehuda Agricultural School and Aegean Agrarian Reform (1860)
- From Kayalıoğlu Agricultural School to Körez Stone Mansions and İnebey Mosque: 1860 Or Yehuda Academy, Volcanic Basalt Mansions, and 14th-Century Germiyanid Mosque
- From Philadelpheia to Katakekaumene Vineyards and Kurşunlu Han: Seven Churches, Volcanic Wine, and Caravan Routes
Connected cultural inventory
- Akhisar Kayalıoğlu 1860s Historic Agricultural School and Olive Oil Mills
- Alaşehir Kurşunlu Han Caravanserai
- Alaşehir Philadelpheia Tepeköy 10,000-Seat Roman Theater
- Gölmarmara Lake Gygaia (Marmara Lake) and Halime Hatun Complex
- Katakekaumene (Burnt Land) Volcanic Vineyards and Kula
- Kula İnebey Village 14th-Century Germiyanid Historic Ashlar Stone Mosque
- Kula Körez Village Volcanic Stone Mansions and Weaving Houses
- Ancient City of Philadelpheia and St. Jean Basilica
- Saruhanlı Yağcıoğlu 500-Year-Old Ottoman Stone Olive Press Valley