Aphrodisias

thumb|300px|Ancient cities of Caria|alt=Map of ancient cities of Caria

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Aphrodisias
Ancient site.native_name: Ἀφροδισιάς
Ancient site.image: 270px
Ancient site.caption: Temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias
Ancient site.map_type: Turkey
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.map_size: 270
Ancient site.location: Geyre, Aydın Province, Turkey
Ancient site.region: Caria
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.cultures: Greek, Roman
Ancient site.occupants: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Chariton
Ancient site.excavations: 1904–1905, 1962–present
Ancient site.archaeologists: Paul Augustin Gaudin, Kenan Erim, Christopher Ratté, R. R. R. Smith
Ancient site.public_access: Yes
Ancient site.website: Aphrodisias Archaeological Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child: yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 1519

via Wikipedia infobox

~20 min read

Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

History
Geological history
Ecclesiastical history
Buildings and structures
Monumental gateway
Temple of Aphrodite
Bouleuterion
Sebasteion
Stadium
Other finds
Archaeology
Inscriptions
Frieze
Aphrodite of Aphrodisias
Gallery
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|300px|Ancient cities of Caria|alt=Map of ancient cities of Caria

Aphrodisias (; ) was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and southeast of İzmir.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphrodisias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.