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Multi-periodSite Name: AmyzonCountry: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Karpuzlu Nearest Village: Akmescit
Latitude: 37.608767N Longitude: 27.710801E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Aydın Province, Turkey
A Carian city founded in the 3rd century BCE. Amyzon, which had first been the supporter of Ptolemy and then of Seleucus, made a bilateral agreement with Herakleia under Latmos at the end of the 2nd century BCE. Antiochos III stated with the message he sent to Amyzon in 203 BCE that he approved the privileges of the city. And the authority for protecting the people who took refuge in the Apollo and Artemis temples was among these privileges. The ramparts of the city still remain standing and it is built with isodomic ashlar blocks. There are remains of the Apollo and Artemis temples, ramparts, underground rooms with the arched vaults.
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