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Multi-periodSite Name: Myra Rock Cut Tombs Alternative Name: KaleCountry: Turkey Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Antalya Nearest Village: Demre
Latitude: 36.259026N Longitude: 29.985309E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Kuba visited on 20th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
ModernExplorers visited on 1st Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Beautiful rock cut tombs structures and other strudtures, easy to visit from Demre
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1992 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Rileyy visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4.5
The ocean necropolis is just northwest of the theater. The best known tomb in the river necropolis (located 1.5 km up the Demre Cayi from the theater) is the "Lion's tomb,"also called the "Painted Tomb." When the traveller Charles Fellows saw the tombs in 1840 he found them still colorfully painted red, yellow and blue.
The first written reference for Myra was listed as a member of the Lycian alliance (168 BC – AD 43); according to Strabo (14:665) it was one of the largest towns of the alliance.
The Greek citizens worshipped Artemis Eleutheria, who was the protective goddess of the town. Zeus, Athena and Tyche were venerated as well.
The ruins of the Lycian and Roman town are mostly covered by alluvial silts. The Acropolis on the Demre-plateau, the Roman theatre and the Roman baths (eski hamam) have been partly excavated. The semi-circular theater was destroyed in an earthquake in 141, but rebuilt afterwards.
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Note: Archeologists find a new monument and theatre masks in ancient Myra
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