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:
Mieza (Náousa)
Mieza: town in Macedonia, modern Náousa; Aristotle used to have a school at Mieza. Mieza, nymphaeum The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea,…Miletus
Miletus: (Μίλητος): one of the main Greek cities in Ionia.Early History Model of the Roman port of Miletus Miletus is already mentioned…Moab
Moab: Bronze and Iron Age kingdom, directly east of the Dead Sea, situated in modern Jordan. Map of Moab and its…Mobene (Qasr Bshir)
Qasr Bshir: Roman fort in the desert of Jordan. Mobene, as it was called in Antiquity, is the best-preserved Roman fort in the Middle East. …Mogontiacum (Mainz)
Mogontiacum: Roman city, capital of Germania Superior, important military base, modern Mainz.Early history Drusus The first Romans must have reached Mogontiacum in…Mons Ater (Gebel as-Soda)
Gebel as-Soda: the "black mountain", a part of the Libyan desert, in Antiquity known as Mons Ater. Gebel as-Soda The Gebel as-Soda…Motya
Motya: Phoenician city on an island in the west of Sicily, modern Mozia. Map of Motya The Phoenician town Motya, founded in…Msletten
Msletten or Fashiet al-Habs: name of a pair of obelisk-shaped tombs along the road from Bani Walid to Zlitan and Misurata. …Msletten
Msletten ("needles"): name of a pair of obelisk-shaped tombs along the Wadi Nefud in Libya. Northern tomb; southern tomb in the…Multan
Multan: town in the southern Punjab, probably the capital of the ancient Mallians, who nearly managed to kill Alexander the Great. …Mushabbak
Mushabbak or Mushabbaq: town in northern Syria, one of the "Dead Cities", best know for its perfectly preserved ancient church. Nave West of…Mušov
Mušov: town in the Czech Republic, site of a Roman legionary fortress and a Germanic tomb.In the 170s, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius attempted to subdue the Quadi and Marcomani, Germanic tribes living in Bohemia. During these campaigns, the Tenth Legion…