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<< Text Pages >> Berberkayasi - Rock Cut Tomb in Turkey

Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 13 February 2016  Page Views: 1244

Multi-periodSite Name: Berberkayasi Alternative Name: Berberkayası
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 1.979 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Iznik
Latitude: 40.426843N  Longitude: 29.740486E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rock Cut Tomb in Bursa Province, Turkey

A Bithynian basalt tomb erected for King Prusias in the 2nd century BCE.
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Spray painted tomb to be cleaned by experts by davidmorgan on Saturday, 13 February 2016
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Spray-painted names and hearts on the walls of the historic Berberkaya tomb in the northwestern province of Bursa’s İznik district will be cleaned by a team of experts. The tomb, which dates back to the Bithynia civilization in 149 B.C., is made of basalt rock and located on a slope close to the district’s Lefke Gate.

Tourism officials in the region had complained about graffiti which covered nearly the entire tomb, so the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Directorate of Surveying and Monuments in Bursa initiated work to reverse the damage to the tomb.

In the coming days, an expert team will travel to İznik from Istanbul and work will begin to clean the tomb, officials said.

In line with the project, which was approved last year, the environment surrounding the monumental tomb has already been cleaned and a 300-meter-long stairway was constructed for tourists to reach the tomb easily. Also, work has begun to build a special platform from which visitors can view the site.

Erected in the memory of the King Prusias, the tomb, which is known as Berberkayası (Berber rock), is considered the most important ancient artifact in İznik. It is estimated that it was the tomb of a king in Bithynia.

After King Prusias was killed, the solid tomb was made and it is believed that it cracked while being transferred to İznik.

Art historian Prof. Semavi Eyice, who does not agree with this belief, says the tomb was placed on a hill overlooking İznik and fell because of a landslide.

Source: Hürriyet
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