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Ios (settlement) — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 07, 2018 07:01 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 A4 Ios

Isca Dumnoniorum — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Jan 18, 2025 05:33 PM

Isca Dumnoniorum (modern Exeter) was a Roman military complex and later town that was the likely base of Legio II Augusta in the first century, prior to its move to Isca Silurum.

Jaén — by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Nov 24, 2020 05:07 PM

A Spanish city located in Andalusia that once belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Jaén.

Javangaleh — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified May 31, 2021 11:04 PM

Javangaleh is a modern settlement situated near Ajabšir (Maragheh) in the East Azerbaijan Province in the northwest of Iran. Here a rock inscription of Argišti I (eighth century BCE) was found which reports his victory over the land Mana (CTU I A 8-13).

Kabul — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Apr 11, 2023 03:33 PM

Pre-modern settlement at and around the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan has been known by various names in a variety of languages and periods. Excavations begun in the early twenty-first century have significantly extended scholarly understanding established in the early-to-mid 20th century.

Kadembas/Katepants — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified May 17, 2023 01:32 PM

Kadembas (Katepants) is a modern settlement in the Van Province in the Southeast of Turkey. Here several rock inscriptions of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) were found which report the construction of the “Canal of Minua” which is still in use today. Furthermore a rock inscription of Tariria, wife of Minua, (9th / 8th century BCE) is located here which attributes a vineyard to her belongings.

Kaisaran Rock Relief — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified May 25, 2023 02:05 PM

Kaisaran (Kaissaran, Kayseran Ekece) is a modern mountain village in the mountains east of the Keşiş Gölü ("Priest Lake"), an artificial lake created by Rusa, son of Erimena (probably 8th century BCE). At an elevation of 2,780 m above the village (more than an hour’s difficult ascent) a rock inscription of probably the same ruler was found in the late 19th century. Another rock inscription and a stela of Rusa, son of Erimena have been found in other places in the vicinity of the lake. These are the rock inscriptions situated in Erek Dağ (CTU I A 14-3) and the so-called Keşiş Göl stela (CTU I A 14-1) whose upper part has been found at Gövelek.

Kalecik — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified Jan 19, 2025 09:52 AM

Kalecik (formerly known as Aralesk or Lesk) is a modern village situated ca. 5 km north of Van Kalesi in southeast Turkey. In the village church, a re-used cylindrical stone (presumably a column base) with a building inscription of the Urartian king Išpuini, son of Sarduri I (ninth century BCE), was found. Furthermore, a re-used stone slab with an inscription of the Urartian king Argišti, son of Minua and grandson of Išpuini (eighth century BCE) has also been found here.

Kaleköy — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified Jun 02, 2023 10:21 AM

Kaleköy is a modern village situated ca. 15 km northeast of Mazgirt and ca. 90 km to the north-northeast of Elaziğ in the southeast of Turkey. In the cliff face above the village, lies an Urartian rock-cut tomb. At the left of its entrance is a rock-cut inscription of the Urartian king Rusa, son of Argišti II (seventh century BCE) (CTU I A 12-6). Nowadays the inscription is heavily damaged.

Kallipolis/Anxa — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 19, 2020 02:34 PM

Kallipolis/Anxa in legend was said to have been founded by Idomeneus of Crete, while Pliny the Elder credits Senonian Gauls as founders. It is most likely that the site was a Messapic settlement.

Kallithera — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 12, 2024 12:24 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 B2 Kallithera

Kantarodai — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Sep 24, 2024 12:09 PM

Kantarodai is the name of a small, modern neighborhood in Chunnakam town in northern Sri Lanka. Archaeological excavations there have produced both local and imported pottery as well as mainland Indian and Roman coins.

Kapharsaba — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 31, 2019 10:21 AM

An important settlement of the Second Temple period mentioned by Flavius Josephus.

Karagündüz — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified Dec 14, 2024 05:30 PM

Karagündüz (Armenian name: Charakonis) is a modern village on the eastern coast of Lake Erceç in southeastern Turkey. Here a stela with an inscription of the Urartian kings Išpuini (9th century BCE) and Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found which praises the victory over the cites Mešta, Qua, Šaritu, and Nigibi and the land Paršua and gives detailed information about the numbers of soldiers, spoils and deportees (CTU I A 3-9). Furthermore, a partially preserved stela authored by Minua, son of Išpuini, has been found alone (CTU I A 5-86).

Karataş — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified Aug 08, 2024 01:40 PM

Karataş is a modern settlement situated at the northern bank of Lake Van and 2 km in the east of Erciş in the southeast of Turkey. Here two rock inscriptions of the Urartian king Sarduri II., son of Argišti (8th century BCE) have been found. One of them is of annalistic contents (CTU A 9-10), the other reports the plantation of a vineyard in this region (CTU A 9-11).

Kars — by B. Siewert-Mayer — last modified Oct 12, 2017 10:01 PM

A place from the TAVO Index

Kas(h)kar — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Oct 16, 2023 08:28 PM

Kas(h)kar was a significant Sasanian city, originally built on the west bank of the Tigris river in what is now modern Iraq's al-Kut district. A major flood in antiquity moved the channel of the Tigris, leaving Kashkar on the east bank. The city was supplanted by the new city of Wasit, built in the 8th century CE; Kashkar was subsequently abandoned. The original city is presumed to have lain somewhere in the vicinity of the modern residential area northeast of modern Wasit, across the heavily-controlled modern Tigris.

Kasımoğlu — by Birgit Christiansen — last modified Jun 18, 2023 11:04 AM

Kasımoğlu (Ghusnents) is a modern settlement situated 30 km north of Van in the southeast of Turkey. Here a stela with a military account of the Urartian kings Išpuini and Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found (CTU A 3-5).

Kastro ano Diakopto — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 27, 2024 02:04 PM

Abundant spolia, artifacts, and building foundations provide evidence for an ancient settlement in the area of modern Kastro ano Diakopto and the church of Ag. Athanasios on the hill above it to the west. It is probably to be identified with ancient Boura, an attested settlement of Achaia.

Katerini — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 02, 2023 03:03 PM

Chance finds and rescue excavations in the vicinity of modern Katerini (Pieria, Greece) indicate the presence of burials and manufacturing facilities in the area during antiquity.

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