(Rock-cut temple tombs of Kaunos)•Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria in Anatolia, Turkiye. #shorts

nuelarchitect (Rock-cut temple tombs of Kaunos)
•Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria in Anatolia, Turkiye.

•Life in the city dates back to the 10th century BCE.
•However, it was abandoned around 1500 AD after Caria had been captured by Turkish tribes and the serious malaria epidemic of the 15th century AD.

•According to mythology Kaunos was founded by King Kaunos, son of the Carian King Miletus and Kyane, and grandson of Apollo.
•The temple tombs are a group of six rock-cut tombs and dates back to the mid-4th century BC.

🏛️The façades of the rock tombs resemble the style of Hellenistic temples
•These remarkable structures are in fact only a small proportion of the 170 or more rock-cut graves of various shapes, making up the Kaunian necropolis.

🎥Video by @gribercom

Via @ancient.scientist
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