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.

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Hydraotes (Ravi)

Hydraotes (Old Indian Iravati, modern Ravi): river in the Punjab, where Alexander the Great attacked a group of refugees.The river Ravi, the ancient Hydraotes or Iravati, south of modern Kamalia. This part of the Punjab belonged to the Mallians (Malava),…

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Hyrcania

Hyrcana (Old Persian Varkâna, "country of wolves"; Akkadian Urqananu): part of the ancient Achaemenid empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, now called Gorgan. …

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Icosium (Algiers)

Icosium (Greek: Ἰκόσιον): Phoenician colony, Roman city, modern Algiers.Icosium Mosaic from Roman Icosium Founded by the Phoenicians; the site is more or…

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Imbriogion (Demircili)

Imbriogion: ancient town, modern Demircili, in southern Turkey, location of several Roman mausoleums.There are six mausoleums along the road from Seleucia on the coast to Diocaesarea, a Hellenistic-Roman city in southern Turkey. The photos show three of them: The Lower Mausoleum…

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Indus

Indus (Old Indian Sindhu): large river in Pakistan, more or less the eastern limit of the world that the Greeks knew. …

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Iol Caesarea

Iol Caesarea: Phoenician colony, Numidian city, capital of the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, modern Cherchell.Iol Caesarea Juba II c.400 BCE: founded as…

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Issus (Kinet Höyük)

Issus (Hittite Izziya, Greek ᾽Ἱσσός): town in southern Turkey, best known for the famous battle in November 333 BCE, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III Codomannus. The town has been identified with the ruins near modern Kinet Höyük. …

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Istakhr

Istakhr: ancient Sasanian royal residence, very close to Persepolis; modern Takht-e Tavoos. Istakhr In 224 CE, a Persian nobleman named Ardašir, son of…

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Isthmia

Isthmia: town on the Corinthian isthmus in Greece, site of the Isthmian Games (Greek Ἰσθμιάδες).History Remains of the temple of Poseidon Sanctuary…

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