Diyarbakır/Eğil News
The Mayor of Eğil, a historical ancient city, Fırat SEYDAOGLU, continues his services with new projects and the purchase of work machines.
Mayor Fırat SEYDAOGLU has gained great love from the society with the services he has provided.
An excavator work machine needed for better service to Egil district has been purchased.
Mayor SEYDAOGLU said that we are expanding our vehicle fleet to make our services more effective and efficient.
About the ancient city of Egil:
History
Further information: Principality of Eğil
During the Bronze Age, the city was known as Ingalawa by the Hittites. Most scholars identify Eğil with the ancient city of Carcathiocerta. The city, with its strategic location overlooking the west bank of the Tigris, is the oldest in the region,[dubious – discuss] with remains dating back to the Assyrian and Hellenistic periods. Later on, the city was known in Armenian as Angł, capital of the district of Angełtun, which was known as English in Greco-Roman sources. It was part of the larger province of Sophene. Armenian sources described Angł as housing “the tombs of the former kings of Armenia”, apparently taking the rulers of Sophene as a branch of the Armenian kings’ dynasty. The rock-cut tombs still exist today at Eğil.
Source: wikipedia.org
