Image of Gediz River in the Agean Region. Known as Hermos in the ancient Greek or Latenized as Hermus, the Gediz River is the second-largest river in Anatolia flowing into the Aegean Sea, only second to Büyük Menderes River in length. Historically ruins belong to the Lydian Era (attested ca. 700–200 BC) in the Iron Age. This area is important given the fact that the valley of the Hermos was the heartland of the ancient Lydian Empire and overlooking the valley was the Lydian capital Sardis. Gediz River rises from Murat Mountain and Şaphane Mountain in Kütahya Province and flows through Uşak, Manisa and İzmir Provinces135 film (36×24 mm