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Kasossos

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
37.230, 27.812
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Why it was abandoned

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

History

Kasossos was a town of ancient Caria. It evidently contained an important temple or sanctuary that was shown favour by the Hecatomnids when they ruled Caria. Its townspeople appear in ancient inscriptions recovered in Caria.

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