Karthaia
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Carthaea or Karthaia () was one of the four ancient Greek city-states on the island of Ceos (today Kea or Tzia) in the Cyclades. It was located on the southeastern coast of the island. thumb|
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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Καρθαία
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- Instance of
- polis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Kea Municipality
- Image
- Karthaia upper plateau.JPG
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- Commons category
- Karthaia (Kea)
- located in/on physical feature
- Kea
- native label
- Καρθαία
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=16541
- time period
- Ancient Greece
- culture
- Ancient Greece
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- Description of the archaeological site
- Excavation and restoration
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Carthaea or Karthaia () was one of the four ancient Greek city-states on the island of Ceos (today Kea or Tzia) in the Cyclades. It was located on the southeastern coast of the island. thumb|
The site was inhabited continuously for c. 1,300 years, approximately from the 8th century BC (Geometric period) till the 6th century AD (Late Antiquity). From that time on Karthaia remained abandoned. The ruins of the acropolis, town-centre and fortifications of ancient Karthaia have been preserved for centuries on the Aspri Vigla hills, Pindar’s “narrow ridge of land“.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karthaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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