Place
There were many ancient towns and many have been excavated. Here's an overview of ancient sites, usually with maps and photos of the remains.
There are 619 items in Place:
Haltern
Haltern: modern name of the site of a large Roman fortress, east of the Rhine, in the valley of the Lippe. …Halys (Kızılırmak)
The Halys ("salty river") or Kızılırmak ("red river"), east of Ankara, the longest river of Asia Minor. The Halys (Kizil Irmak)…Hannaouiye, "Tomb of Hiram"
Hannaouiye: place of the so-called "Tomb of Hiram", a Persian-age funerary monument. The so-called "Tomb of Hiram" Although named after the legendary…Harran
Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History …Hatra
Hatra: city in Mesopotamia, buffer state between the Roman Empire and its neighbors in the east, the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. …Hattusa (Boğazkale)
Hattusa: ancient capital of the Hittite Empire.History The so-called King's Gate Originally a town of the Hatti, the original population of Central…Hecatompylos (Šahr-e Qumis)
Hecatompylos: one of the capitals of the ancient Parthian Empire. The identification with Šahr-e Qumis is not uncontested. Hecatompylos, serail The first…Heliopolis (Baalbek)
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world.Origins …Hellespont (Dardanelles)
Hellespont: ancient name of the narrow passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Today, it is known as Dardanelles. …Hellespontine Phrygia
Hellespontine Phrygia: Persian satrapy in northwestern Anatolia. Its capital was Dascylium. Magians with a sacrifice of a sheep and a bull The…Heraclea Minoa
Heraclea Minoa (Greek: Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα): Greek town in southern Sicily.History The theater of Heraclea Minoa. The soft stones are protected against…Hippo Regius
Hippo Regius: port in Numidia, best-known for its fifth-century bishop, Augustine, modern Annaba.Hippo Regius Basilica, said to be of Augustine Phoenician colony…