the Ottomans after their takeover was to transfer the administrative center of the region from its millenary seat in Milas to the then much smaller Muğla, which was nevertheless better suited for controlling the southern fringes of the province. Still named Menteşe until the early decades of the 20th century, the kazas corresponding to ancient Caria are recorded by sources such as G. Sotiriadis (1918) and S. Anagiostopoulou (1997) as having a Greek population averaging at around ten per cent of the total, ranging somewhere between twelve and eighteen thousand, many of them reportedly recent immigrants from the islands. Most chose to leave in 1919, before the population exchange. Archaeology In July 2021, archaeologists led by Abuzer Kızıl have announced the discovery of two 2,500-year-old marble statues and an inscription during excavations at the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos in Euromus. According to Abuzer Kızıl, one of the statues was naked while other was wearing armor made of leather and a short skirt. Both of the statues were depicted with a lion in their hands. See also Ancient regions of Anatolia Carians Carian language Aphrodisias Notes Bibliography Downloadable Google Books. Further reading Olivier Henry and Koray Konuk, (eds.), KARIA ARKHAIA ; La Carie, des origines à la période pré-hékatomnide (Istanbul, 2019). 604 pages. . Riet van Bremen and Jan-Mathieu Carbon (ed.),Hellenistic Karia: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hellenistic Karia, Oxford, 29 June-2 July 2006 (Talence: Ausonius Editions, 2010). (Etudes, 28). Lars Karlsson and Susanne Carlsson, Labraunda and Karia (Uppsala, 2011). External links Livius.org: History and Culture of Ancient Caria Historia Numorum Online, Caria: ancient Greek coins from Caria Asia Minor Coins: ancient Greek and Roman coins from Caria Ancient Caria: In the garden of the sun, CANAN KÜÇÜKEREN, Hürriyet Daily News, 28 March 2011 States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BC Ancient Greek geography Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Carian people Historical regions of Anatolia History of Aydın Province History of Muğla Province Ionian colonies Praetorian prefecture of the East States and territories established in the 11th century BC Asia (Roman province) City-states