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along the next headland to the east, also mountainous, between the modern cities of Antalya and Mersin.

Discovery and decipherment

From the late eighteenth century Western European travellers began to visit Asia Minor to deepen their acquaintance with the worlds of Homer and the New Testament. In southwest Asia Minor (Lycia) they discovered inscriptions in an unknown script. The first four texts were published in 1820, and

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