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Multi-periodSite Name: Myra Rock Cut Tombs Alternative Name: Kale
Country: Turkey Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Antalya  Nearest Village: Demre
Latitude: 36.259026N  Longitude: 29.985309E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Rock tombs at Myra. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Lycian rock cut tombs in Antalya Province, Turkey. There are two necropoli in the form of temple fronts carved into the vertical faces of hard limestone cliffs at Myra: the river necropolis and the ocean necropolis. There is a Roman theatre nearby.

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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Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - the theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - beneath the theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by davidmorgan : Lycian tombs carved into the cliff at Myra. February 1982. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra Site in Turkey

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - Site in Turkey

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Travels and Discoveries..." via archive.org Site in Turkey

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra site.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - the theatre.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra site.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - beneath the theatre.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra site.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra - rock-cut tombs with the theatre on the right.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra Site in Turkey

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by davidmorgan : The theatre at Myra.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann : Myra site.

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann

Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by davidmorgan : Close-up of the tombs.

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Archeologists find new monument, theatre masks in ancient Myra by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Archeologists have found a new historical monument and nearly 20 masks thought to have been worn by actors during excavations carried out in Myra, an ancient city on the southern coast of Turkey.

The excavations of the site are being carried out by Akdeniz University's Archeology Department under the supervision of Professor Nevzat Çevik, from the same department. Çevik told the Anatolia news agency that they found the monument and the masks during excavations they carried out beneath the city's stone-built theater.

“This is a monument built by a noble woman from Myra to honor her family. … According to data we obtained, we have found a monument which was built between 1 and 2 B.C. Çevik added that they think more historical items lie beneath the theater.

Known today as Demre, Myra is among the top historical sites in Turkey. It was a thriving port in the Byzantine period and was made the capital of the province of Lycia by Emperor Theodosius II in the fifth century.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-254770-archeologists-find-new-monument-theatre-masks-in-ancient-myra.html

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