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Heraclea (Lydia)

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.615, 27.169
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Lydia in modern-day Turkey

History

Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Lydia at the foot of Mount Sipylus. From this town magnets were known as Heracleus lapis.

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