This modern site is east of Anemurium, and west of, and near to, Kızil Burnu (Cape Kizliman). The city was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus and named for Arsinoe II of Egypt, his sister and wife.
The modern site is east of Anemurium and near Kızıl Burnu (Cape Kizliman), which was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus in honor of Arsinoe II of Egypt, his sister and wife.