Today, the ancient settlement, located approximately 7 km west of Aydın Province, Çine District, is located to the west of the Marsyas (Çine) Stream and is one of the most important cities of inner Caria. The first excavations in Alabanda, which is mentioned as Waliwanda in the Hittite texts regarding the earliest settlement, were carried out by Halil Edhem Bey in 1904-1905. Then, Emin YENER and continued by Asc. Prof. Dr. Suat ATEŞLİER. Since 2015, under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Ali Yalçın TAVUKÇU, The work was resumed by a team led by Asc. Prof. Dr. Akın TEMÜR as the vice president of excavations. In the ancient city, many sarcophagi have been found in the city walls, theatre, temples, agora, bouleuterion, baths, stadium, nymphaeum, aqueduct, churches, monumental tombs and necropolis areas. Work in the ancient city continues in the Agora, Turkish Bath and Bouleuterion.
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