Çanakçı rock tombs

Çanakçı rock tombs are a group of rock-carved tombs in Mersin Province, Turkey

Geography[]

Çanakçı tombs are at about

36°31′24″N 34°10′27″E / 36.52333°N 34.17417°E / 36.52333; 34.17417 a few hundred meters west of Kanlıdivane sink hole. The general altitude of the area is around 225 metres (738 ft).They are sculpted on rocks on the southern side of a road running parallel to D.400 and the Mediterranean coastline at an altitude a few meters above the level of the road. The distance to Kumkuyu town is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to Erdemli is 19 kilometres (12 mi) and to Mersin is 56 kilometres (35 mi).

The tombs[]

The tombs were carved in around 2nd century AD, during Roman Empire period. Each tomb has a rectangular opening. On some of the openings there are inscriptions which condemn potential tomb thieves .^[1] Also on some tombs human figures are carved, unquestionably belonging to the bodies in the tombs. There are three human figures in niches near each other, one group of two and in one niche there is one human figure.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Çanakçı rock tombs.

• Some 65 pictures of the rock graves

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