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