🏛️ Mopsouhestia-Issos
Ruins of a Hellenistic and Roman city in southern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Iskenderun in Hatay Province, southern Turkey
- Historical periods: Hellenistic (4th century BCE) through Byzantine era
- Ancient significance: Major port city on the Mediterranean coast
- Current status: Archaeological ruins; no formal visitor infrastructure
Mopsouhestia-Issos represents the remains of an important Hellenistic and Roman port city located in southern Anatolia near modern Iskenderun. Founded in the 4th century BCE, the site was strategically positioned on the Mediterranean coast and served as a significant commercial and military hub throughout antiquity. The city was eventually abandoned and largely buried, leaving scattered archaeological remains across a terrain shaped by millennia of coastal and river activity ...