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:
Italica
Italica: Roman colony in western Andalusia, not far from Seville. Fortuna, or the City's Luck (Italica) Italica was founded in 206 BCE…Iuliacum (Jülich)
Iuliacum: small town along the main road from Tongeren to Cologne (modern Jülich). Model of the Roman villa at Jülich-Hambach Iuliacum was…Iwan-e Karkheh
Iwan-e Karkheh: modern name of a Sasanian city, about 20 kilometers northwest of Susa; modern Sorkheh-ye Sheykh 'Aziz. Iwan-e Karkheh: view…Janzur
Janzur: site of a beautiful ancient tomb in Libya. Priest pooring a libation About ten kilometers west of modern Tripoli (ancient Oea), along…Jaxartes (Syrdar'ya)
Jaxartes: Greek name of a large river in Central Asia now known as Syrdar'ya. The Jaxartes between Samarkand and Tashkent The Syrdar'ya…Jericho
Jericho (Tel es-Sultan): ancient settlement in the valley of the Jordan river.Jericho Jericho, Skull from Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Ancient settlement near a well;…Jerusalem
Jerusalem: capital of Judah or Judaea, sacred city of Judaism.Location Jerusalem in c. 70 CE "David's City": between Kidron valley with Gihon…Judaea
Judaea: small province of the Roman empire, more or less equivalent to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. This part of the Roman empire is exceptionally well-known because we have sources written by the native population.Annexation …Kalhu (Nimrud)
Kalhu or, Biblical, Kalah (Hebrew כלח): capital of ancient Assyria, modern Nimrud.History The ziggurat of Nimrud This city, called Kalhu by the Assyrians…Kamenica
Kamenica: site of a very large Bronze Age / Iron Age tumulus. What remains of the Kamenica tumulus Measuring 70 x 50…Kampyr Tepe
Kampyr Tepe: Macedonian town in Bactria, just north of the river Oxus, founded by Alexander the Great.Founding The houses of Kampyr…Kaneš (Kültepe)
Kaneš or Neša: central town in the Middle Bronze trade network of Anatolia, with several palaces and an Assyrian trading post (modern Kültepe, twenty kilometers northeast of modern Kayseri).Early History …