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    A Hint from Herodotus

    Feb 14, 2019 1 minute
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    ince the 1920s, there has been a debate about the identification of a city called Pteria mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus. Kerkenes Project archaeologists have embraced the idea that the city at Kerkenes might be Pteria. Pteria, Herodotus

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