Verified36.7500° N · 28.8400° E · 250 m
Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City
Classical (500 BCE)·Karian–Lycian border·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Turkey
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About Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City
Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical (500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Karian–Lycian border. Border city at Karia–Lycia frontier with acropolis and theatre overlooking Dalaman plain. Calynda on ridge with Karian–Lycian bilingual history.
Why it mattersKey Negev–Anatolian highland site
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Desert agriculture technology
- 02Roman frontier model
Theories
- 01Incense trade water management
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE
- Period
- Classical (500 BCE)
- Culture
- Karian–Lycian border
- Purpose
- Border city at Karia–Lycia frontier with acropolis and theatre overlooking Dalaman plain
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7500° N · 28.8400° E · 250 m · 3 mapped features
Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City — Enclosure Circuit
wallsEnclosing walls or terrace walls
36.7501° N · 28.8401° ECalynda — Karia-Lycia Border City — Church/Mosque Annex
churchByzantine church or mosque
36.7498° N · 28.8402° ECalynda — Karia-Lycia Border City — Cistern Cluster
cisternPlastered cisterns
36.7504° N · 28.8398° E