Historical place profile
Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys
Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an ancient city on the Maeander River in Ionia, site of an important sanctuary of Artemis Leukophryene ("of the white eyebrow"). Its extensive remains are located near the modern village of Tekin in Turkey's Aydın Province.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:599778
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:599778
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.849862, 27.523178
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an ancient city on the Maeander River in Ionia, site of an important sanctuary of Artemis Leukophryene ("of the white eyebrow"). Its extensive remains are located near the modern village of Tekin in Turkey's Aydın Province.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 F2 Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys
Source and reuse
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Research path
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