The physician, surgeon and philosopher Galen was trained in Pergamon and his works were disseminated from there. Last but not least, there is the tradition of production of Parchment specific to ...

In response, Pergamon turned to parchment which was just being developed. Such was the connection between Pergamon and parchment that the word itself, parchment, ultimately derives from the name ...

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pergamon, now modern-day Bergama in Turkey, discovered a grand residential complex from the Roman period, with multiple mosaics. The complex was found near ...