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June 15, 2017

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Kanlıdivane (Kanytellis, Neapolis)

Kanlıdivane (Kanytellis, Neapolis) The reason why the local people call this antique city Kanlıdivane (Bloody Crazy) may stem from the fact that during the Antiquity condemned people were thrown into a hollow on the ground for wild animals to devour them. These are the ruins of the antique Kanytellis-Neapolis city situated on the 15 th Kilometer of the Silifke road (45 kilometers from Mersin city center) near Ayas. The ruins can be reached after driving for 3 kilometers, exiting from the main road. Under the asphalt covering this road now, is an old Roman road leading to the ruins. This archeological site spreading around a natural hollow on the ground was discovered by Westerners in the mid 19 th Century. This was the sacred site of a kingdom called Olba. Later in the history, in 408 A.D. Byzantine Emperor II. Theodosius resettled the city under the name Neapolis (New City). The city lived its most prosperous period in the 4 th Century A.D. Now there is a ...

Soloi Pompeipolis

Driving 2 kilometers inland from Mezitli you come across the ruins of antique city Pompeipolis at Viranşehir. This is an impressive place among 20-story apartment blocks surrounding it. The columned road is enough to demonstrate the richness and architectural success of this antique city. Pompeipolis was an important Roman city before it was flattened by an earthquake in the 6 th Century. The main 10-meter wide thoroughfare of the city that runs for 450 meters down to the sea is thought to be built during the 2 nd or 3 rd Centuries. Once there were 200 columns that embellished this road. Only 40 of them have been found so far. There are human and animal figures on the columns. Excavation work is still continuing shedding more light on the history of this antique city. Before Pompeipolis, there was a city called Soloi in this location. Soloi got its name from the sun. It was a port enriched by trading with Egypt and Cyprus. It was quite developed in philosophy and science at...

Eliaussa – Sebaste

Eliaussa – Sebaste Where the town of Ayas is located today there was the antique city of Eliaussa – Sebaste, one of the major settlements in the Mountainous Cilicia (Cilicia Tracheia) founded during the late Hellenistic Period (2 nd and 1 st Centuries B.C.). In the west of Eliaussa – Sebaste there was Korykos and in its north the city of Kanytellis. The road between Erdemli and Silifke passes through the ruins of Eliaussa – Sebaste. You can see the ruins even when driving through it. The archeological excavations on this site are being carried out by Italian archeologists. The city lived its most prosperous period during the Roman and early Christianity periods. The development and prosperity of the city was due to its natural harbor and its fertile agricultural lands. Production of olives and olive oil, the most valuable commodities at that time, was quite significant. During the Antiquity, olives and olive oil were used for many purposes besides being i...

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