EGETÜRKİYE

Marble gate arch ruins, columns, and a stone-paved ancient road in between.
Monumental Northern Gate of Stratonikeia and Beginning of the Sacred Way

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Hellenistic eraTable and production

Sacred Ways and Key-Bearers of Caria

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The monumental Sacred Ways crossing the mountains of ancient Caria were sealed by the Hekate prophecies carried by key-bearing maidens from Lagina to Stratonikeia's council, and immortalized in the marble banquet halls of Kings at Labraunda.

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Long-form story · Table and production · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era

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