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Alaca Hüyük Tell site in northern Turkey, cl 50 km east of Ankara, occupied in the 4th, 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. A group of 13 extremely rich tombs from the Early Bronze Age II (early 3rd millennium BC) was found outside the town and is thought to represent a royal cemetery. The burials were single and doub...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Shuruppak Güney Irak'ta Fırat Nehri kıyısında yer alan Shuruppak, Sümer'in şehir devletlerinden biriydi. Bu yüzyılın ilk on yılında bir Alman gezgini tarafından yapılan kazılar, Erken Hanedanlık dönemine ait önemli kalıntıları ortaya çıkardı. Tapınaklar, idari ve okul metinleri de dahil olmak üzere çok say...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Amos Amos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμος, possibly from ἄμμος "sandy") was a settlement (dēmē) of ancient Caria, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey. Amos was located in the Rhodian Peraia in Caria on the Mediterranean coast. It was probably connected with Lindos which is supported by epigraphic fin...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Amos Amos (Antik Yunanca: Ἄμος), Muğla'nın Marmaris ilçesinde bulunan, Roma dönemine ait antik yerleşimdir. Antik Amos harabelerine Kumlubük (bkn. Turunç) koyunun kuzeybatısından, dik sahilin güneyindeki Asarcık denilen tepeden ulaşmak mümkündür. Amos, bir tepe üstünde yer alan tiyatro, tapınak ve ...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities

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Milet See Miletus.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Miletus Arkaik Dönem Akropolisinin MÖ 494 yılında gerçekleşen Pers istilası sonrasında terk edilmesiyle Hellenistik Kent Aslanlı Liman ve tiyatro çevresinde şekillenmeye başlar. Roma döneminde Helenistik dönem kentinin büyüklüğü ve şekli aynen korunur, ancak imar faaliyetle- rinde büyük bir artış yaşanır...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities

Miletus Η Μίλητος υπήρξε από τις σημαντικότερες πόλεις της Ιωνίας. Βρίσκεται σε γεωγραφικό πλάτος 37°35´ και σε γεωγραφικό μήκος 27°15´, στη θέση την οποία παλαιότερα κατείχε το χωριό Balat, το οποίο καταστράφηκεαπό σεισμό το 1955. Σήμερα το πλησιέστερο χωριό είναι το Yenıköy. Στη θέση Milet βρίσκονται ο...Added by archaeologs | Greek|Ancient Cities

Myus Avşar Mahallesi yakınlarında bulunmaktadır. İon Birliği üyesi on iki kentin en yoksul ve önemsizi belki de Myus idi. Bu konuda ona bir tek Lebedos rakip olabilirdi. Menderesin kenarındaki ören yeri bugün de ıssız ve terk edilmiş bir görünüm sergiler; yoğun karayolları trafiğinin bir hayli uzağınd...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Myus It is located near Avşar village, 15 km to the east of Miletus/Miletos, at the shore of the Bafa Lake. Strabon stated that Myus was founded by Kydrelos, son of Kodros, the king of Athena. According to Strabon, it is one of the cities included in the Panionion Union. Herodotus stated that Persian ...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Idebessos Η Ιδεβεσός, η Ιδεβεσός, γνωστή και ως Εδεβεσός ή Εδεβεσός, ήταν αρχαία πόλη της Λυκίας. Σήμερα τα ερείπιά του βρίσκονται σε μικρή απόσταση δυτικά του μικρού χωριού Kozağacı στην επαρχία Αττάλειας της Τουρκίας.Added by archaeologs | Greek|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Elateia Yunanistan'ın merkezinde önemli bir Neolitik yerleşim yeri. Bölge için Yunan Neolitik çanak çömlek yataklarının en eksiksiz tabakalı dizisine sahiptir. Radyokarbon tarihlemeler başlangıcını MÖ 5500'e yerleştirir. Bezenmemiş koyu ve açık yüzeyli mallardan başlayarak, daha sonra siyah cilalı ve çok...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Theangela Theangela, Bodrum-Mumcular yolu üzerindeki Etrim Köyü’nün güneyindeki tepede kurulmuştur. Bilge Umar Theangela sözcüğünü Sougela’nın Helenleştirilmiş biçimi olduğunu ve “Kutsal, İyi, Güzel” anlamına geldiğini söylemektedir. Theangela’nın kuruluşu ile ilgili yeterli bilgilerimiz bulunmamaktadır. A...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Theangela Theangela (Ancient Greek: Θεάγγελα) was a town of ancient Caria. Upon the conquest of Caria by Alexander the Great, he placed it under the jurisdiction of Halicarnassus. It was birthplace of Philippus of Theangela, a 4th-century BCE historian. It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delia...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Idebessos Idebessos diğer adıyla Edebessus veya Edebessos, Likya'da antik bir kent. Bugün kalıntıları, Türkiye'nin Antalya ilindeki küçük Kozağacı köyünün batısında kısa bir mesafede bulunur. ...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Idebessos Idebessos, Idebessus, also known as Edebessus or Edebessos, was an ancient city in Lycia. Today its ruins are found a short distance to the west of the small village of Kozağacı in Antalya Province, Turkey.Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Assos The Archaeological site of Assos is located in the south-western part of the Biga Peninsula (Troad), within the borders of the Village of Behramkale, 17 kilometers south of the district of Ayvacık in the province of Çanakkale. The ancient city lies on a steep hill, rising 235 m above sea level, a...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Metropolis Metropolis, İzmir’in Torbalı İlçesinde, Yeniköy ve Özbey mahalleleri arasındaki bir tepe ve yamaçlarında kurulmuş olan İon kenttir. Torbalı Ovasına hâkim 142 m. rakımlı bu tepe aynı zamanda kentin akropolisi olarak seçilmiştir. Akropolis’te tespit edilen en erken buluntular Erken Tunç Çağı’na tar...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities, Place Names

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Sarmizegethusa Doğu Romanya'nın Geç Demir Çağı kasabası, MÖ 1. yüzyılda Burebista tarafından kurulan Daçya devletinin merkezi. Bir tepenin üstündeki kale, birkaç tapınak ve tapınağın bulunduğu bir kutsal alanın yanındadır.Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Venosa An open Lower Palaeolithic site north of Potenza in Basilicata in southern Italy. A hand axe or Acheulian level overlies one with abundant ‘side scrapers’ (evolved Clac-tonian, Tayacian or Charentian). The date of these is not well fixed.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Abydos Two hieroglyphic inscriptions containing the names of Egyptian kings that were found on the walls in a small temple at Abydos, Egypt. The first tablet has the names of the kings of the 12th and 18th dynasties and it is now in the British Museum. The second tablet begins with Menes, one of the fir...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Syracuse A Greek colonial settlement and principal port on the east coast of Sicily, and later capital of Roman Sicily. Earliest occupation seems to be on the island of Ortygia which helps to enclose the Great Harbour, where some early Palaeolithic material occurs. It is likely that a native settlement pr...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Sounion [Roman Sunium]. Byron’s ‘Sunium’s marbled steep’ is a classical sanctuary site on a rocky headland some 70 km southeast of Athens. It is famous for the standing columns of its mid-5th century bc marble temple to Poseidon, which make a dramatic sight and give the location its alternative title of ...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Smyrna [ancient Izmir]. One of the largest late classical and early Byzantine sea ports of western Asia Minor. The early remains are now mostly covered by the modern city and so very little archaeological investigation has been possible, but historical sources have illuminated many aspects of its Byzant...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Shuruppak [modern Fara]. Situated on the bank of the Euphrates River in southern Iraq, Shuruppak was one of the city states of Sumer. Excavations by a German expedition in the first decade of this century uncovered important remains of the Early Dynastic period. The temples produced a wealth of early docum...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Shechem Modem Balata has been identified as the site of the biblical city of Schechem, near the central Palestinian town of Nablus. There was some occupation in the Pre-pottery Neolithic period, but the first town was built in the Middle Bronze Age, defended first by a free-standing wall, then an earth r...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Scoglio Del Tonno An important prehistoric site which formerly occupied a promontory projecting into the harbour of Taranto, southeast Italy; it was destroyed, after excavation, when the port was extended in 1899. The site was first occupied during the Late Neolithic by people using Serra D’Alto ware. It was then ...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Qatna An impressive fortified city east of Homs in Syria. Excavation has found evidence of 3rd-millennium bc occupation, but the fortifications — consisting of a free-standing plaster-faced glacis (bank) — belong to the Middle Bronze Age in the early 2nd millennium bc and were probably constructed by t...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Oxyrhynchus An ancient Egyptian town some 11 km west of the Nile on the left bank of the Bahr Yusuf, best known for its papyri texts. Oxyrhynchus was a regional capital, and derives its name from the fish (Greek oxyrhynchus: ‘sharp-nosed’) with which the locally worshipped deity of Seth was associated. Littl...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Olynthus A classical Greek settlement at Toronaios Bay, Chalkidiki, familar from the speeches of Demosthenes (the so-called Olynthiacs), and of central importance as an example of Greek town-planning and the Hellenic house in the period 430-348 bc. Some late Neolithic settlement is followed after a gap by...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Neapolis See Naples.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

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Nasik Rock-cut Buddhist temple in the western Deccan, India, dating to the early centuries ad.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Naples Greek neapolis, ‘new city’ (a name common in antiquity). The principal Greek city of Campania, southern Italy, but probably only of modest size and importance during the Roman period. Tradition gives the settlement as a daughter colony founded by Greeks from Cumae, and a 7th-century bc date looks...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Mycenae A major citadel of the Greek Bronze Age situated in the Argolid, in the northeast Peloponnese. It was occupied in the Early Bronze Age, but became powerful in the Middle and Late Bronze Age after, it is believed, an invasion by Greek-speaking peoples. Among the most important monuments of Mycenae...Added by archaeologs | English|Place Names, Ancient Cities

Mohenjo-Daro One of the two major cities of the Harappan civilization of the 3rd millennium bc. Mohenjo-Daro, in the upper Sind district of Pakistan, is the largest of all the Indus Valley sites, covering cl 00 hectares, of which nearly one third has been excavated. Its population has been estimated as around...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

Miletus This ancient settlement on a bay at the mouth of the Meander River in southwest Turkey was inhabited from the 2nd millennium bc. By the beginning of the 1st millennium bc it was an Ionian Greek city, colonizing Black Sea and Egyptian Delta areas in the 7th and 6th centuries bc. Miletus produced p...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities

Mildenhall Thistley Green, West Row, 5 km from Mildenhall in Suffolk, eastern England is the find-site of a hoard of 4th-century Roman silver plate, richly decorated with figured reliefs. The 34 pieces include a large dish (roughly 60 cm in diameter) depicting the head of Oceanus, ringed by friezes of sea a...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Cities, Place Names

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