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Aornos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Aug 17, 2021 02:31 PM — History
An ancient city that, according to Arrian, was destroyed by Alexander the Great. It is perhaps to be associated with modern Khulm (formerly Tashkurgan) in Afghanistan.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971696

36.683333, 67.683333
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settlement, settlement-modern

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 B3 Aornos

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Khulm (Tashkurgan)? AFG


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F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aornos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971696> [accessed: 13 April 2025] 

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