•Afyon : (= opium), changed to Afyonkarahisar ( opium black castle) Hittites, Lydians, Phrygians, Greeks (Akroinon), Byzantines (Nicopolis), Seljuks (Karahisar), 355 marble quarries in the area, mineral waters
•Tinatztepe : place with caves discovered in 1968 and explored by Jacques Cousteau
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•Synnada : Suhut today, founded by Acamas who went there after the Trojan war
•Famous marble : light color with purple spots and •Usak : Efkarpia, site of the Karun Treasure : 363 Lydian artifacts from 7th cent. BC, returned from New York museum after a legal battle. Also known as the Lydian Hoard or Croesus treasure. It was found in a tomb tumulus
•In 2005 a golden hippocamp was switched with a fake,
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•Banaz : ancient Panasion, several hot thermal springs,
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•Sivasli : Sebaste, famous for strawberry. Ruins near town, unexplored. One of numerous Sebaste towns
Karun treasure
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