In the south of the ancient city of Isaura, on the Temaşalık Hill, there is a large ancient settlement called Astra. During the rescue excavation and cleaning works carried out by the Konya Museum Directorate, the necropolis area and church ruins were unearthed.
Isaura and Astanada, the important cities of the Isaura State, forming a triangle with the Ancient City of Astra, can be seen with the naked eye from Astra. As a result of the studies on the inscriptions of the city, which were discovered by Sterret in 1885, it was determined that the name of the city was Astra.
The inscriptions revealed that the city had a unique administration as a settlement connected to Isaura.
There are many civil structures belonging to the period on the eastern, southern, and northern feet of the Ancient City of Astra, which was surrounded by walls built with rubble stones without mortar and was used as a settlement in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
There are many cremation urns, stelae, and tomb lions in the east and west necropolises. In addition to these, there are some relief carved stones, inscriptions, architectural fragments, and lion sculptures in the ancient city.
