Tyana

Today in : Turkey
First trace of activity : ca. 15th century B.C.E
Last trace of activity : ca. 10th century C.E
Recorded names : Tuwanuwa, Tuwana, Τύανα, Thoana, Dana, Eusebeia at the Taurus, Antoniana colonia Tyana, Christoupolis, Χριστούπολις, Kilisehisar, Kemerhisar

Description : Tyana (Ancient Greek: Τύανα; Hittite Tuwanuwa) was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey. It was the capital of a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC.

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