Mopsuestia
Adana · Archaeological site
Photo: Klaus-Peter Simon · CC BY 3.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Adana
- Elevation
- 31 m
- Wikidata
- Q555923
About
Mopsuestia (Ancient Greek: Μοψουεστία and Μόψου ἑστία, romanized: Mopsou(h)estia and Μόψου Mopsou and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: Mamista, Manistra, Mampsista; Arabic: al-Maṣṣīṣah; Armenian: Msis, Mises, Mam(u)estia; modern Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan River) located approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey). From the city's harbor, the river is navigable to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of over 40 km (24 mi).
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Location
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