Crossing the Euphrates in antiquity: Zeugma seen from space
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This article reviews progress in extensive survey work using satellite photographs along the course of the reservoir of the Birecik dam, completed in June 2000. Particular attention has been paid during field work to routes both along and across the river; here it is the east-west routes crossing the river which are examined in detail and in the context of the region's historical geography. The city of Zeugma, which has been the object of recent excavations, was the principal such crossing point but by no means the only one on the middle course of the Euphrates. A subsequent article will discuss north-south routes in the vicinity of the middle Euphrates and the question of its navigability.
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The pairing of towns is a well familiar phenomenon, starting in the Early Bronze Age down to the classical period, of which the pairing of Zeugma and Apamea is best known.
“A well familiar phenomenon, starting in the Early Bronze Age down to the classical period, of which pairing Zeugma and Apamea are best known: David Kennedy”
From The Eighth Campaign of Thutmose III Revisited (2012) · cites this paper as Comfort, Abadie-Reynal and Ergeç 2000
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- Authors
- Comfort, A., Abadie-Reynal, C., & Ergeç, R.
- Affiliations
- Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes (TR)
- ORCID
- Comfort, Anthony
- Venue
- Anatolian Studies
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2000-12
- Volume
- 50
- Pages
- 99-126
- ISSN
- 0066-1546 (ISSN-L)
- 2048-0849
- OpenAlex
- W2335272812
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 8.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anatolian Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Archaeological Research and Protection
- Keywords
- zeugma, Euphrates River, satellite imagery, aerial archaeology, historical geography, ancient trade routes, river navigation
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