Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum

archaeological site · 6200 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires of Iran. Located at modern Shush, Susa was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.

Coordinates

32.18993, 48.25354

Also known as

Seleucia ad Eulaeum, Seleukeia (grc), Seleúkeia hē pròs tōi Eulaíōi, Seleukeia pros to Eulaio (grc), Shush-i er-Kar, Shusha, Shushan, Shūsh (fa), Sousa (grc), Soûsa (el), Susa (ca), Susa, Suse (fra), Suzo (eo), Súsy (cs), Sūs, Sūsā, Susa (elx), as-Sūs, as-Sus, al-Sus, es-Sus, el-Sus, Sus (arb), Çušā, Husha (peo), Ērān-ḫuarrah-Šāhpuhr, Eran-khuarrah-Shahpuhr, Eran-Xwarreh-Shabuhr (xmn), Īrānḫurra-Sābūr, Irankhurra-Sabur (arb), Šuš, Šuša, Shusha (elx), Šušan, Shushan, Schuschan (akk), Šušen (elx), Šuši, Shushi (akk), Šušim, Shushim (akk), Šušina, Shushina (arb), Šušîm, Šūs, Shus (xmn), Šūš, Shush, Shoosh, Schusch (arb), šwšn, šwš (arc), Σελεύκεια ἡ πρὸς τῶι Εὐλαίωι (grc), Σούσαν (grc), Σοῦσα (grc), Суза (ba), Сузы (be), Շոշ, שׁוּשָׁן‎ (heb), سوس (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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