Carchemish Inner Town

Syria / Hhalab / Jarabulus /
 ancient, archaeological site, tell (mound), invisible, do not draw title
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Carchemish , Roman Europus, ancient city-state located in what is now southern Turkey, along the border with Syria. Carchemish lay on the west bank of the Euphrates River near the modern town of Jarābulus northern Syria, and 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Gaziantep, Turkey. It commanded a strategic crossing of the Euphrates River for caravans engaged in Syrian, Mesopotamian, and Anatolian trade. The site, occupying more than 230 acres (93 hectares), was excavated in 1911–20 by David G. Hogarth and later by Sir Leonard Woolley.

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Carchemish was first occupied in the Neolithic Period (c. 7000 bc), as evidenced.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchemish
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Coordinates:   36°49'45"N   38°0'55"E
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