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Location:
- Türkiye, Abydos
- geo:40.200001,26.4
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Site of historic event
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=21871
Annotations
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Xerxes' Bridge
Xerxes' pontoon bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece upon the order of Xerxes I of Persia for the purpose of Xerxes’ army to traverse the Hellespont.
Abydos (Hellespont)
Abydos is mentioned in the Iliad as a Trojan ally and, according to Strabo, was occupied by Bebryces and later Thracians after the Trojan War. It has been suggested that the city was originally a Phoenician colony as there was a temple of Aphrodite
Abydos - Tayyaretepe
Late Chalcolithic and EBA settlement.