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:

Zela

Zela: town in Pontus/Cappadocia, famous for a battle in 47 BCE, in which Julius Caesar defeated Pharnaces of Pontus (modern Zile in Turkey).Zela is an old city. In the nineteenth century BCE, Assyrian merchants who were trading with Anatolia, recorded…

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Zone

Zone: Samothracean colony on the south-east coast of Thrace. It was an important commercial centre in this region and reached the height of its prosperity during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. …

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Zurmala

Zurmala: name of a Buddhist stupa near modern Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Zurmala Stupa Buddhism benefited from the fact that in the…

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