🏛️ Amorion-Laodicea Katakekaumene Combusta
Ruined Byzantine fortress and Hellenistic city in central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Şuhut in Afyonkarahisar Province, Türkiye
- Dual-site archaeology: Byzantine fortress (Amorion) overlying Hellenistic settlement (Laodicea Katakekaumene)
- Amorion was a major Byzantine military stronghold until destroyed by Arab forces in 838 CE
- Extensive excavations conducted by Koç University since 2007
This archaeological site comprises two chronologically distinct settlements layered across the same terrain in central Anatolia. The lower ...