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A Lydian man and a woman from Aktepe tumulus in western
Turkey
Lydians were the inhabitants of Lydia, a region in western Anatolia. Their capital was at Sfard or Sardis. Their recorded history of statehood, which covers three dynasties, came to an abrubt end with the fall of their capital after the Battle of Halys in 585 BC, while the account of their roots, mixed with legends, reaches before the first millennium BC, and their culture lasted, in all probability, until at least shortly before the Common Era.
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