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Kinet Höyük (Turkey) and the Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Seaports
Kinet Höyük (Turkey) and the Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Seaports
The twenty-year project (1992-2011) at Kinet Höyük, an ancient seaport near Iskenderun in Turkey, offers a long perspective on maritime life in the northeasternmost corner of the Mediterranean. Kinet can be identified with classical Issos, overlooking the plain where Alexander the Great defeated the Persians in 333 BCE; and earlier, with a Hittite harbor named […]