Harmozeia/Armuzia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors:
R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, Mary E. Downs
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Last modified
Nov 15, 2023 07:37 PM
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History
A flat coastal area of ancient Carmania, located on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz in modern Iran, and inhabited likely in a settlement near the modern Minab river. The area was visited and noted by Nearchus's expedition during the reign of Alexander the Great.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29586
27.161555, 56.22236
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 19779 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- None
- Portus Macedonum located near Harmozeia/Armuzia (unspecified date range)
region, settlement, coast, shore
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 G4 Harmozeia/Armuzia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: IRN
M. Roaf, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, and Mary E. Downs, 'Harmozeia/Armuzia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29586> [accessed: 02 February 2025]
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