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🏛️ Mopsouhestia-Issos

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🏛️ Mopsouhestia-Issos
Hellenistic and Roman port city ruins in southern Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 14 Mar 2026 at 23:56
📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Iskenderun district, Hatay Province, southern Turkey
  • Historical periods: Hellenistic (4th–1st centuries BCE), Roman Imperial (1st–5th centuries CE)
  • Archaeological significance: Major port city and strategic naval location in antiquity
  • Access: Limited; ruins are partially submerged and dispersed

Mopsouhestia-Issos was an important Hellenistic and Roman port city located on the Mediterranean coast of southern Anatolia. Founded ...

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