(Unexcavated site)
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At present, Colossae is an unexcavated tell in western Turkey. Its theater
Although no excavation of Colossae has yet occurred, Australian professors Michael Trainor, Alan H. Cadwallader, and Claire Smith have been laying the groundwork for an excavation at Colossae in the near future, in cooperation with Pamukkale University in Denizli, Turkey.
Want to dive deeper?
The following are recommended to help you look deeper into the history and archaeology of Colossae.
Recommended for purchase:
CD-ROM: Turkey: Pictorial Library of Bible Lands (2004)
Clinton E. Arnold – The Colossian Syncretism: The Interface Between Christianity & Folk Belief at Colossae (Wissunt Zum Neuen Testament, No 2/77, 1995)
Fred O. Francis and Wayne A. Meeks, eds. – Conflict at Colossae: A Problem in the Interpretation of Early Christianity Illustrated by Selected Modern Studies (Society of Biblical Literature, 1975)
Online resources:
Alan H. Cadwallader and Michael Trainor, eds. Colossae in Space and Time: Linking to an Ancient City (Gottingen, Germ.: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 2011).
William Smith – “Colossae” from A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (Oxford, 1878).
Francis V. J. Arundell – [Locating Colossae] (from Discoveries in Asia Minor, vol. 2 (London: Richard Bentley, 1834).
William M. Ramsay – “The Miracle at Khonai” (from The Church in the Roman Empire ).