Zeugma Ancient City and Ruins
Belkıs/Zeugma is a city built on hills, 10 kilometers east of Gaziantep's Nizip district. Seleukos Nikator I, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, founded a city called Seleucia Euphrates in 300 BC, where Alexander the Great crossed the Euphrates River.
He established a second city in front of this city with the name of his wife Apama and connected these two cities with a bridge. B.C. The name of the city, which was connected to Rome since 31 B.C., was changed to "Zeugma", meaning gateway-bridge.
Zeugma has advanced a lot in the field of art, especially in the Roman period, and the mosaic floors adorning the rich villas have become competitive with world examples.
