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Aphrodisias (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 028 55 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 28.9310 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site, adjacent to the present-day town of Geyre, dating to the Chalcolithic period. It flourished during the Roman period, and was protected by Caesar and Augustus. It declined with the turmoil of the 12th and 13th centuries and Tamerlane. The ruins of Greco-Roman Aphrodisias were partially unearthed by French and Italian projects; excavations were reopened by New York University 1961. |
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| Aphrodisias (preferred,C,V)
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| Karacasu-Geyre (C,V)
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| Geira (C,V)
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| Stavropolis (H,V)
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............ | name changed by Byzantines |
| Stauropolis (H,V)
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| Aphrodisias Cariae (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Aydın (province) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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excavations begun by French and Italians, continued by New York University in 1961 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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remains date to 3rd millennium BCE |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Geyre .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Aydın) [7032457] |
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