Kerkenes/Pteria?
fort · 750 BC – 2099 AD
A large, fortified Phrygian settlement dating to the 7th/6th centuries BCE on modern Kerkenes Dağ in Turkey's Yozgat province. It is probably to be identified with a "Pteria" mentioned by Herodotus as the site of a battle between Cyrus and Croesus.
- Coordinates
- 39.74898, 35.06831
- Also known as
- Kerkenes (tr), Kerkenes (tr), Pteria (grc), Πτερια (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)