After Lydia Kingdom entered the Persian domination (546 BC), there was not much change in Lydia's cultural tradition and the art of architecture. In terms of traditional construction techniques of early Lydia monumental stone work, limestone blocks with smooth cut were continued to be used especially in tumulus grave structures. After the capture of Sardis by the Persians, Cyros built a hundred-columned reception hall (Apadana) and the Palace of Persepolis in Persepolis, thanks to the stone masters from Lydia and North Ionia as slave laborers to Persepolis. In this inscription called Bisutun; The slave labor force that is taken from Lydia is registered in the lists of people and the wages paid to them. Monumental Lydian architecture and architectural remains of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods will be the subject of this course.

The aim is to compare the Sardeis monumental Lydia tumulus graves with the remains of architectural structures. For this archaic Lydia traditional stone architecture and processing methods will be studies to teach the use phase of appliances.