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The Carians were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language.
Carian soldier of the Achaemenid army c. 480 BC. Tomb of Xerxes I.
Ancient copy of the cult image of a local goddess hellenized as Aphrodite at Aphrodisias
Archaeologists studying a Carian tomb in Milas, Beçin.
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Caria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. He reports the Carians themselves maintained that they were Anatolian mainlanders intensely engaged in seafaring and were akin to the Mysians and the Lydians. The Carians spoke Carian, a native Anatolian language closely related to Luwian. Also closely associated with the Carians were the Leleges, which could be an earlier name for Carians.
Theater in Caunos
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world, was built by Greek architects for the local Achaemenid satrap of Caria, Mausolus (Scale model)
Relief of an Amazonomachy from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
The coast of Milas.