Lycia · Port
Myra
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Myra
- Modern location
- Ruins of Myra, near Demre · Turkey
- Region
- Lycia
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
Here the centurion moved the prisoners to a ship of Alexandria that was sailing for Italy.
What happened here
1An Alexandrian ship at Myra
Sailing under the shelter of Cyprus because of contrary winds, they came to Myra in Lycia, where the centurion put them aboard a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy.
People here
2On these journeys
Scripture
Location certainty
Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Coordinates
- 36.2592° N, 29.9853° E