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Punta Secca

An ancient settlement at Punta Secca on Sicily's southern coast. Many scholars have long identified it as a "Kaukana" mentioned by Ptolemy and Procopius, and this identification has been reflected in modern toponymy and in the scholarly literature. It has been rejected -- because there is no natural harbor at Punta Secca -- by R.J.A. Wilson in favor of an as-yet-unlocated position on the coast somewhere east of Capo Scalambri.

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