Hellenistic sites

Seleucia (; ), also known as or or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. It was founded around 305 BC by Seleucus I Nicator as the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and remained an important center of trade and Hellenistic culture after the imperial capital relocated to Antioch. The city continued to flourish under Parthian rule beginning in 141 BC; ancient texts claim that it reached a population of 600,000. Seleucia was destroyed in 165 AD by Roman general Avidius Cassius and gra

national park in Israel

human settlement

city founded by Alexander the Great, at the south-western end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BCE

human settlement

former Roman aqueduct

Archaeological site

hill in Northern District, Israel

archaeological site in Southern District, Israel

archaeological site in modern Syria discovered in 1986 to have Hellenistic remains

tomb in Turkey

archaeological site