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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.

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

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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: 08 October 2024] 

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