Archaeology

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Neo-Hittites

Neo-Hittites or Syro-Hittites: modern name for the successor states of the Hittite Empire, which had desintegrated in the early twelfth century BCE.Demise of the Hittite Empire …

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Nepete

Nepete: ancient town in southern Etruria, modern Nepi. The aqueduct of Nepete Nepete was an Etruscan town, conquered in 383 VC by…

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Nesactium

Nesactium: Histrian hillfort, Roman town, modern Vizače in Croatia. Nesactium, Capitol Although the hillfort of Nesactium has been inhabited since the Neolithic, the first…

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Neuss-Reckberg

Neuss-Reckberg: auxiliary fort of the legionary base at Neuss (Germany).Near the large legionary base of Neuss was a small fort at Reckberg, which is not fully understood. It was close to the river Rhine and appears to have been built…

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New Paphos

Paphos (Greek Πάφος): name of two cities in the southwest of Cyprus, the Archaic and Classical town (also known as Kouklia) and the Hellenistic and Roman city (which is still called Paphos). …

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Nicaea (İznik)

Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια): hellenistic town in Mysia, site of two ecclesiastical councils, modern İznik.Hellenistic Nicaea Nicaea, Funerary relief of a Hellenistic…

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Nicomedia (İzmit)

Nicomedia (Greek: Νικομήδεια): capital of ancient Bithynia, modern İzmit.History Nicomedia, its lake and the Sangarius River 712/711 BCE: founded as a Greek…

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