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🏛️ Myous-Heraclea ad Latmum

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🏛️ Myous-Heraclea ad Latmum
Ruined Hellenistic and Roman port city on the Aegean coast of Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 11:56
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Aydın Province, southwestern Turkey, near the town of Akbük
  • Founded as Myous in the 6th century BCE by Ionian Greeks; later absorbed into the Roman sphere
  • Situated on the ancient Latmian Gulf, now silted and separated from the sea
  • Sparse remains visible; largely unexcavated and minimally developed for tourism

Myous-Heraclea ad Latmum is an archaeological site representing the layered history of Hellenistic and Roman settlement on the ...

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