According to Herodotus, the Carians were named after an eponymous Car, a legendary early king and a brother of Lydus
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The Carians were often linked by Greek writers to the Leleges, but the exact nature of the relationship between Carians and Leleges remains mysterious. The two groups seem to have been distinct, but later intermingle… See more

The Carian language belongs to the Luwic group of the Anatolian family of languages. Other Luwic languages besides Luwian proper are Lycian and Milyan (Lycian B). Although the ancestors of Carian and Lycian mus… See more

One of the Carian ritual centers was Mylasa, where they worshipped their supreme god, called "the Carian Zeus" by Herodotus. Unlike Zeus, this was a warrior god.
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Throughout the 1950s, J.M. Cook and G.E. Bean conducted exhaustive archaeological surveys in Caria. Cook ultimately concluded that Caria was virtually devoid of any prehistoric remains. According to his reports, thir… See more

• Caria
• Carian language
• Carian script
• Mysians
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• Benda-Weber, Isabella (2005). Lykier und Karer. Zwei autochthone Ethnien Kleinasiens zwischen Orient und Okzident. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
• Urso, Gianpaolo (2007). "Les Cariens ou la mauvaise conscienc… See more