Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.1°N 44.583°E
Al-Mada'in
Location of Al-Mada'in, Iraq
Al-Mada'in (Arabic المدائن "The cities", also known under the Aramaic name "Mahoze", or as "Madayn") is the name of an ancient urban complex along the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, that was the site of the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and was also referred to as Seleucia-Ctesiphon.
The site has received considerable interest from Archeologists since the eighteenth century; the most famous landmark there is the Taq-i Kisra.
Sites (excavation cites, ancient suburbs ...):
- Seleucia
- Ctesiphon (previously Opis), whose exact location is not confirmed
- Coche (Also Choche)
- Asbanbar (Also written Isbanir, Asbanabr, Aspanbar, Asfanur)
- Veh Ardashir (Also Bahurasir)
- Vologesocerta (Balashkert), founded by Vologases I of Parthia
- al-Ma’aridh
- Tell al-Dhaba’I
- Tell Dhahab
- Umm an Sa’atir
The site partially overlaps with the modern town of Salman Pak.
External links
- Ctesiphon site description
- The Shahr (province) of Asuristan (extract from the Encyclopedia of Iran)
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