Ancient Cities in Turkey Patara ( Lycia), later renamed Arsinoe (Ἀρσινόη), was a flourishing maritime and commercial city on the south-west coast of Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey near the modern small town of Gelemiş, in Antalya Province. It is the birthplace…
Ancient Cities in Turkey Hierapolis (Greek: Ἱεράπολις 'sacred city') was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Phrygia located on hot springs in southwest Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale, Turkey.…
Ancient Cities in Turkey Myra, near modern Kale (Demre), one of the most important towns of ancient Lycia, located near the mouth of the Andriacus River on theMediterranean Sea in southwest Turkey. Myra was a…
Ancient Cities in Turkey Miletus, Byzantine Palation, Turkish Balat, ancient Greek city of westernAnatolia, some 20 miles (30 km) south of the present city of Söke, Turkey. It lies near the mouth of the Büyükmenderes…
