Ardistama
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.929, 33.857
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey
History
Ardistama, also known as Arissama, was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited by Hittites in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times. It was discovered in 1904 by Thomas Callander. Its name may have been derived from Angdisis or Angdistis.