Miletus Archaeological Site
Reading the place
Not one monument, but a layered setting.
Miletus Archaeological Site is where an old harbour, the Büyük Menderes, and the road to Didyma meet on the Balat plain. Its separation from the sea was not a single story of decline, but a long adaptation involving dredging, channels, dykes, lagoons, and agricultural labour.
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Aydın · Didim
Research note
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How to use this dossier
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Narratives that include this place
Periods
- First settlements
- Bronze Age
- Ionia & Aeolis
- Hellenistic era
- Roman era
- Eastern Roman era
- Beyliks & Seljuks
- The Aegean today