Asarkaya - Karalar, Turkey - In Search of the Celts on Waymarking.com

Karalar (TR: Karalar köyü)
Karalar is a village about 60 km northwest of Ankara, and is important because of the fact that it witnessed continuous settlement during the Classic Age.

In the region known as Asarkaya (or just Sarkaya), the architectural remains of a Celtic castle (or Galatian castle). Artefacts belonging to the Hellenistic Age have been found in the tumulus. Ancient coins discovered in the area indicate that there were commercial ties with Egypt and Syria.

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