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Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias, Ninoe, Stauropolis
Aphrodisias, in Karacasu, Aydın: a Carian city of Aphrodite with a 270 m stadium, a marble sculpture school and the Sebasteion, a World Heritage Site since 2017.
Archaeological and historic sites
Ancient cities
Cities founded in antiquity whose remains can be visited.
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Arsameia
Arsameia am Nymphaios, Arsameia pros Nymphaio, Eski Kale, Arsamea
Arsameia on the Nymphaios (Eski Kale) is the summer capital of the Commagene kingdom beside the Kahta stream, known for a long Greek inscription, handshake reliefs and a 158 m rock tunnel.
Arykanda
Arykanda, Arykawanda, Akalanda, Orykanda
Arycanda sits at the foot of a tall rock face, as its name says, and spreads over terraces: theatre, stadium, bath-gymnasium and monumental tombs rise up the slope above Finike.
Aspendos
Aspendos, Primoupolis, Estvediys, Belkıs
The two-storey stage building of the Aspendos theatre still stands to full height. This Pamphylian city near Serik also has an aqueduct arcade over a kilometre long.
Assos
Assos, Apollonia, Behramkale
A city on an extinct volcano at Behramkale where Aristotle lived for three years: Anatolia's only Archaic Doric temple, city walls, agora, theatre and a sarcophagus necropolis.
Blaundos
Blaundos, Blaundus, Mlaundos, Blaundeon Makedonon
Blaundos is a Hellenistic and Roman city in Ulubey, Uşak, built on a headland cut off by deep valleys on three sides, near Sülümenli village.
Castabala (Kastabala-Hierapolis)
Hierapolis, Kastabala, Castabala, Hierapolis-Kastabala
Kastabala (Castabala-Hierapolis) is a Cilician city near Osmaniye on the Ceyhan plain, known for its colonnaded street, theatre, churches and Bodrum Castle.
Clazomenae
Klazomenai, Khyton
One of the twelve Ionian cities of the Gulf of Izmir, beside modern Urla, with the oldest olive-oil workshop yet found in Anatolia and an Archaic city wall.
Dara
Dara, Daras, Anastasiopolis
Dara is an East Roman garrison city near Mardin, built against the Sasanians; it is known for four kilometres of walls, giant cisterns, rock-cut tombs and a market district under excavation.
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Ephesus
Ephesos, Arsinoeia, Arsinoe, Apaša, Ayasuluk, Ufsus
Ephesus is an ancient city beside Selçuk in İzmir, home of the Temple of Artemis, a Seven Wonders monument, and a World Heritage Site since 2015.
Euromos
Europos, Euromos, Philippoi, Hyromos, Kyromos, Eurome, Kyramos
Euromos is a Carian city on the slopes of Kızılbayır hill near Milas, best known for its 2nd-century CE Corinthian Temple of Zeus Lepsynos.
Germanicia Mosaic Site
Germanikeia, Caesarea Germanice, Germanicia Kaisareia
The Germanicia mosaic site in Dulkadiroğlu, Kahramanmaraş, holds late Roman and early Byzantine villa mosaics from the ancient city of Germanicia.