Óc Eo
Óc Eo
Thị trấn Óc Eo | |
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Mount Ba Thê, in Óc Eo town, Thoại Sơn district, An Giang Province. | |
| Coordinates: 10°13′58″N 105°9′6″E / 10.23278°N 105.15167°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Province | An Giang Province |
| District | Thoại Sơn District |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Óc Eo (Vietnamese) is an archaeological site in modern-day Óc Eo commune of Thoại Sơn District in An Giang Province of southern Vietnam. Located in the Mekong Delta, Óc Eo was a busy port of the kingdom of Funan between the 2nd century BC and 12th century AD and it may have been the port known to the Greeks and Romans as Cattigara.
Scholars use the term Óc Eo culture to refer to the archaeological culture of the Mekong Delta that is typified by the artifacts recovered at Óc Eo through archaeological investigation.