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🏛️ Halicarnassus-Myndus

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🏛️ Halicarnassus-Myndus
Ancient Greek and Roman harbour cities on the Aegean coast of Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 12:00
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located near Bodrum, Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey
  • Halicarnassus was a major Hellenistic city and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Mausoleum of Mausolus)
  • Myndus lay approximately 10 kilometres north of Halicarnassus as a satellite port city
  • Both cities were active from the Classical period through the Roman era until medieval decline

Halicarnassus and Myndus were significant harbour settlements on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor, part of the historical ...

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