Cyzicus
Balıkesir, Erdek · Archaeological site
Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Balıkesir / Erdek
- Elevation
- 7 m
- Wikidata
- Q615449
About
Cyzicus ( SIZ-ik-əs; Ancient Greek: Κύζικος, romanized: Kúzikos; was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara only to be connected to the mainland in historic times either by artificial means or an earthquake.
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Location
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