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Location

  • Türkiye, Yukarı Çanta
  • geo:41.114655,28.068842

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  • not yet provided

Classification

  • graves
  • Visible

Çantaköy

data access 29101

Çantaköy  kurgan is a burial mound of earth raised over a grave of a person who appears to have been an important warrior what resulted from the equipment.  The grave dates back ca 3000 BC1 .

The mound have been penetrated by treasures hunters but they didn`t managed the grave.

References

  1. ↑Şevket Dönmez, “Türk Kurgan Kültürünün Trakya’da Bulunan İlk Örneği”, # Tarih 25 (Haziran 2016). 16-17 - xhttps://www.academia.edu/28424899 [In turkish]

Nearby sites

  • Çantaköy kurgan II
    West of Çantaköy Village tumulus II. The site is nearly Selivri town.
    Türkiye, Yukarı Çanta
  • Silivri kurgan III
    West of Çantaköy Village tumulus III. The site is nearly Silivri town.
    Türkiye, Çanta
  • Roman Rd
    Roman Rd
    Türkiye, Çanta
  • Galavria
    Bizantine Fortress
    Türkiye, Yolçatı

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-09-25) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/29101
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Çantaköy. https://vici.org/vici/29101, accessed 2026-11-11.