: Ayas
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Turkey
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Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
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36° 56’ N, 35° 47’ E
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Hellenistic, Roman, Italian, Late Antique, Crusader, Ottoman, Armenian, Mamluk
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Ayas / Yumurtalık [Grk: Aegae; Arab: Ᾱyās; Arm: Ayas; Itl: Laiazzo, Lajazzo; Frank:
Laias] has a late antique / medieval
fortified harbor (or Land Castle) which consists today of a single circuit wall
that defends the landward flank with rounded towers and a polygonal
salient. There are numerous periods of
construction. A separate Island Castle
has a Hellenistic / Roman-period foundation, but the masonry of the surviving
fortress has the hallmarks of Armenian construction with the well-drafted
rusticated ashlar.
Ref: Fortifications, pp. 77-83; Burgen, pp. 154-164; Châteaux, pp. 110-112; Mamluks,
pp. 49 ff.
: Yumurtalık, Aegae, Ᾱyās, Ayas, Այաս, Laiazzo, Lajazzo, Laias, Yumurtalik, Αἴγαι
| Site | Album | Images | Description | Author | Year | Cultures |
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2
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Site Plan(s)
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Robert W. Edwards
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1974 - 1981
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Hellenistic, Roman, Italian, Late Antique, Crusader, Ottoman, Armenian, Mamluk
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29
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Color Transparencies
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Robert W. Edwards
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1974
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Hellenistic, Roman, Italian, Late Antique, Crusader, Ottoman, Armenian, Mamluk
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20
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B&W Photographs
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Robert W. Edwards
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1981
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Hellenistic, Roman, Italian, Late Antique, Crusader, Ottoman, Armenian, Mamluk
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