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Excavation ongoing places tagged “taurus”

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified5 Widely accepted0 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Ancient villages3 Mounds3 Tells3 Ancient cities2 Settlements2 Temple complexes

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🇹🇷Turkey5

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Partially excavated3 Excavation ongoing2

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taurus5 ppna2 antalya1 bademagaci1 cilicia1 copper1 corinthian1 duru

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Temple of Zeus Olbios at Uzuncaburç (Olba-Diocaesarea)

Hellenistic to Early Roman (Seleucid to Julio-Claudian) · Isaurian–Cilician priest state, Seleucid and Roman Cilicia

Taurus priest-kingdom hilltop Corinthian Zeus temple 6×12 with Zeus lightning entablature, Olba.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Sagalassos

Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (classical antiquity to c.640 CE earthquake) · Pisidian → Hellenistic → Roman Imperial → Byzantine

Pisidian highland Roman city at 1,600 m with restored Antonine Nymphaeum and cliff theatre.