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Euromos

Euromos was a significant city in ancient Caria, located about 12 km northwest of Mylasa (modern Milas). It sits on flat ground surrounded by hills, ...
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Heracleia Salbace

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Heracleia Salbace was situated on the slopes of Mount Salbacos (Babadağ) at the northwestern edge of the Tavas Plateau (modern Vakıf, Denizli). Geographically positioned at ...

Sinuri

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Sinuri was a local Carian sanctuary located approximately 15 km southeast of the ancient city of Mylasa (modern Milas) on a hill known as Asar ...

Thera

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The ancient city of Thera is situated on the rocky Okkataş hill (Taşyenice) in Ula-Muğla. While early researchers tentatively identified the site as Oula or ...

Stratonikeia

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Stratonikeia (modern Eskihisar) was a prominent city in the interior of the ancient Carian region. Known as the “city of white marble,” it is distinguished ...

Labraunda

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Labraunda was the principal extra-urban sanctuary of the Carian city of Mylasa (modern Milas), situated at an altitude of approximately 750 meters in the Latmos ...

Knidos

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Knidos (Cnidus) was a prominent ancient city located at the tip of the Datça (Reşadiye) Peninsula, positioned where the Aegean and Mediterranean seas meet. The ...

Mylasa

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The city Mylasa is located on the western edge of the Milas plain, at the center of the modern city of Milas. The area has ...

Heracleia at Latmos

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The settlements of Latmos and Heracleia represent a unique dual-site archaeological landscape, illustrating the transition from an indigenous Carian “withdrawal settlement” to a Hellenistic polis. ...

Alinda

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Alinda is situated on the steep slopes of a ridge overlooking the Karpuzlu plain in the modern Karpuzlu district (formerly Demircidere) of Aydın. Historically, scholars ...

Amos

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Amos is situated on the Asarcık Hill (also known as Hisarburnu), a headland approximately 20 km southwest of Marmaris (ancient Physcus) and 2 km south ...

Sinuri

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Thera

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Knidos

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Mylasa

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Alinda

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Amos

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