🏛️ Zeugma-Apamea
Submerged Roman city on the Euphrates River
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in southeastern Türkiye, on the Euphrates River in Gaziantep Province
- Founded as Apamea in the 3rd century BCE; renamed Zeugma under Roman rule
- Largely submerged since 2000 following the construction of the Birecik Dam
- Archaeology conducted primarily from 1987 to 2000 before inundation
Zeugma-Apamea was an important Hellenistic and Roman settlement strategizing a crossing point on the Euphrates River, controlling trade ...