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Partially excavated terrace cities

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex

Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Hellenistic (Tralles)

Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic (Tralles).

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension

Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) · Lycian

Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.