🏛️ Zeugma-Samosata
Submerged Roman city on the Euphrates
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in southeastern Türkiye on the Euphrates River
- Founded by Seleucid ruler Antiochus I in the 3rd century BCE
- Largely submerged since 2000 by the Birecik Dam reservoir
- UNESCO World Heritage site (nominated but not formally inscribed)
Zeugma-Samosata was a major Hellenistic and Roman trading post strategically positioned where the Euphrates River narrowed, serving as ...