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🏛️ Mylasa-Halicarnassus
Dual ancient Greek city sites in southwestern Anatolia


🕐 3 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 04:35
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Muğla Province, southwestern Türkiye, near the Aegean coast
  • Two distinct Hellenistic cities: Mylasa (inland) and Halicarnassus (coastal)
  • Halicarnassus home to the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • Both cities now partially excavated archaeological sites; Halicarnassus largely subsumed by modern Bodrum

Mylasa and Halicarnassus were two important Greek city-states in Caria during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Mylasa served ...

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