🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Claros Oracle East Stoa
Archaic to Roman Imperial · Ionian Greek, Hellenistic (Alexander to Attalid), Roman
72-m east stoa and Doric temple adyton of Apollo Clarios oracle between Ephesus and Smyrna.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Roman Imperial · Ionian Greek, Hellenistic (Alexander to Attalid), Roman
72-m east stoa and Doric temple adyton of Apollo Clarios oracle between Ephesus and Smyrna.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (Ebla to Hammurabi) · Semitic Ebla-Mari–Akkadian world, Dagan cult
Holy city of god Dagan at Euphrates-Balikh mouth, tell Bi'a = Early Dynastic Tuttul (c.2600–1700 BCE) where Ebla tablets locate Dagan's oracle and Sargon of Akkad stopped for blessing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman 313 BCE–558 CE · Greek (Milesian) and Roman Imperial
Giant unfinished oracle temple with 19.7 m columns and Sacred Way to Miletus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 250 CE) · Milesian Greek to Hellenistic Seleucid to Roman
Eastern hypaethral adyton with sacred spring and stadium of Branchidae oracle.