Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Drew Bear Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Drew Bear Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
Yazılıkaya (also known as 'Midas City') is an archaeological site in Eskişehir Province, Turkey, known for its Phrygian rock-cut monuments, facades, altars, and niches dedicated to the Mother Goddess Matar.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609570
39.1975701021, 30.7112319384
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Yazılıkaya (Midas) Antik Kenti (800 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Midas City (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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- Yazılıkaya (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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- Agdistis Sanctuary (Yazılıkaya) located at Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir) (unspecified date range)
- so-called 'Midas Monument' located at Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir) (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified), sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 62 E3 Yazılıkaya
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Yazılıkaya, “Midas City”
T. Drew Bear, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609570> [accessed: 17 February 2026]
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