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:

Shushtar

Šurkutir: town in ancient Elam, modern Shushtar. The Roman bridge at Shushtar The ancient Royal road between Susa, the capital of Elam,…

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Sicily

Sicily: large and rich island opposite the Italian mainland. In Antiquity, it was settled by Phoenicians and Greeks, and contested by the Carthaginians, Romans, Ostrogoths, and Byzantines.Articles on Sicily Prehistory Polybius' decription of the Sicilian topography Homer on the Cyclops Colonization Thucydides on the colonization Polyaenus…

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Sicyon

Sicyon (Greek: Σικυών): Greek city on the northern Peloponnese. The Hellenistic theater of Sicyon; in the distance, the Gulf of Corinth;…

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Side

Side: Greek colony in Pamphylia, important port in the Roman Empire.Early History In the late seventh century BCE, Greek settlers from Cyme built Side on a rocky promontory on the Pamphylian shore, about ten kilometers west of the mouth of the…

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Sidon (1)

Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Bronze Age Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar Situated on a promontory halfway between…

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Singara (Sinjar)

Singara (Greek τὰ Σίγγαρα): Roman legionary base in eastern Mesopotamia, occupied by the First Legion Parthica. The modern name is Balat Sinjar.History Singara is one the towns along the southernmost road from Assyria (east of the Tigris) to Syria (west of the…

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Sippar

Sippar: one of the most important cities in northern Babylonia.Sippar Victory stela of Naram-Sin Situated in the northwest of Babylonia Founded in the…

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