Photogrammetric map of Iasos made

The ancient city of Iasos, a port city founded by the Argosians in the western province of Muğla's Milas district, impresses visitors as it resembles an open-air museum with its great walls, aqueducts, agora, theater, Roman-era tombstones and fishermen's market.

Archaeological excavations continue in the ancient city, which is located in the Kıyıkışlacık neighborhood.

The excavations in Iasos revealed that the oldest settlement in the city dated back to the end of 3,000 B.C. Within the scope of Iasos Excavations Support Protocol, shooting was done with a UAV1 class unmanned aerial vehicle in the area with special permission. The vehicle, which took off from the ancient city, covered 105 hectares of land in 36 minutes and transferred thousands of photos to digital media.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, İsmail Ernur Öztekin, the deputy head of the excavations, said that it was possible to see the traces of Neolithic, Archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Young Byzantine, Middle Ages, Menteşe, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the ancient city of Iasos, which once was the gateway of the Caria Region to Europe during ancient times.

Öztekin stated that the 6,000-year-old ancient city was located approximately 26 kilometers northwest of the ancient city of Mylasa, which was called the Caria region in ancient times.

"This place was discovered by travelers in the 19th century. In the 1960s, an excavation team from Italy started archaeological studies with systematic excavations here. Currently, the studies are being carried out by Professor Asuman Baldıran from Selçuk University," he added.

Aerial images transferred to digital media

Emphasizing the importance of documentation as well as excavations,...