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Location:

  • Türkiye, Bayındır
  • geo:36.77877,29.956062
  • Location uncertain

Period or year:

  • -480? / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=30444

Annotations

Karaburun Tumulus II was erected in the early V century BC. It was decorated with frescaoes.  Unfortunately, the beautiful frescoes have been stolen1. According to Tay projesi located near Bayındır 07700 Elmalı/Antalya2.

Sources:

  1. Catherina Draycott: Convoy Commanders and other Military Identities in Tomb Art of Western Anatolia around the time of the Persian Wars,  XVII International Congress of Classical Archaeolog y, Roma 22-26 Sept. 2008 Session: Being ‘Graeco-Persian’, Bollettino di Archeologia on line, Vol. Speziale, Roma 2008, pp. 13-15
  2. www.elmalimuzesi.gov.tr/TR,144782/karaburun-mezar-odasi.html
  3. https://www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk/karaburun-tumulus-ii-early-5th-century-bc-1

References

  1. http://www.equinox.com.tr/news-from-equinox-travel-turkey-karaburun-tumulus-robbery/
  2. chttp://www.tayproject.org/TAYmaster.fm$Retrieve?YerlesmeNo=1429&html=masterdetail.html&layout=web


Nearby

Karaburun Tümülüsü (3 km)

Karaburun Tümülüsü

Karataş - Semayük (4 km)

Karatas Höyük. Bozhuyuk/Semayuk.Early Beonze Age necropolis.

Karataş - Semayük [Lycia] (4 km)

Karatas Höyük. Bozhuyuk/Semayuk.


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