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Chelae

İstanbul · Archaeological site

Catalogue label

Kind
Archaeological site
Province / district
Istanbul
Elevation
12 m
Wikidata
Q65046450

About

Chelae or Chelai or Chele (Ancient Greek: Χῆλαι or Χήλη) was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia located on the Bosphorus. Dionysius of Byzantium wrote that the place was called Chelae, meaning "claws" in Greek (Χῆλαι, plural; Χήλη, singular), because of its shape.

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