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Palaemyndus

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
37.031, 27.259
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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

Palaemyndus or Palaia Myndos was a town of ancient Caria, near Myndus, which was its successor settlement. Palaemyndus seems to have been the ancient place of the Carians which became deserted after the establishment of the Dorian Myndus.

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