Arycanda Ancient City
The word Arycanda means the ‘place next to the high rock’ is the name of this settlement, which is one of the oldest one of…
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The word Arycanda means the ‘place next to the high rock’ is the name of this settlement, which is one of the oldest one of…
Labraunda is an ancient archaeological site five kilometers west of Ortaköy, Muğla Province, Turkey, in the mountains near the coast of Caria.
Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, 30 kilometres south-west of Çanakkale and about 6 kilometres miles east of…
During the 4th century B.C, Anatolia had been under invasion of the Persians. Phillipos the second becoming an important power by bringing together the clans…
Perge, which is the closest to the Antalya city center, ancient city is one of the Turkey’s cultural treasures.
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia.
Pergamon, which was added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2014, has been subjected to invasions and destructions throughout its history, but is one…
Lycia was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in…
The Letoon, sometimes Latinized as Letoum, was a sanctuary of Leto located 4km south of the ancient city of Xanthos to which it was closely…
Laodicea on the Lycus was an ancient city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus (Çürüksu).
Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey.
The UNESCO World Heritage site of Çatalhöyük, 41 kilometers southeast of the city of Konya, is one of the world's oldest Neolithic sites.
Hierapolis was originally a Phrygian cult centre of the Anatolian mother goddess of Cybele and later a Greek city.
It is thought that Phaselis, located on a small peninsula extending to the Mediterranean Sea, was established as a port city in the 7th century…
Patara is an ancient city located on the west coast of Lycia, today the town of Kalkan in Antalya. It was once a leading city…
The ancient city of Myra is an important one. It's located in the Demre district of Antalya. The name Myra means The Place of the…
Xanthos is the place where the spirit of the Lycians’ freedom is the most intensely felt. The people who kept their freedom above all else…
Phaselis or Faselis was a Greek and Roman city on the coast of ancient Lycia. Its ruins are located north of the modern town Tekirova…
Ephesus is a large archaeological site in Aegean Turkey and one of Turkey's major tourist attractions.
The name Simena is mentioned firstly in written sources of Plinius. Presently Somena is known as Simena (citadel).