Ancient site· Erdek, Balıkesir

Kyzikos

Kyzikos is a ancient site in Erdek, Balıkesir; Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town of Mysia on the coast of the Sea of Marmara, near present-day Erdek in Balikesir.

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Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town of Mysia on the coast of the Sea of Marmara, near present-day Erdek in Balikesir. It stood on the shoreward side of the present Kapidag Peninsula, a tombolo said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara, later connected to the mainland by artificial means or an earthquake.

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