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Rock-Cut Tomb Linked to a Deified Thracian Ruler Unearthed Beside a 1,700-Year-Old Mausoleum at Perperikon
Archaeologists at Perperikon in Bulgaria have uncovered a monumental circular mausoleum and two unusual rock-cut graves, one of which may have belonged to a Thracian ruler worshipped after death. The discoveries were made in a necropolis beside the ancient road leading toward Perperikon’s acropolis. Excavators say the concentration of circular mausoleums found there has no…
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A 2,500-Year-Old Doric Rock-Cut Tomb from Ancient Caria Is Being Preserved in Marmaris
Carved directly into the limestone above Marmaris, a coastal town on Turkey’s southwestern Aegean shoreline, a 2,500-year-old rock-cut tomb is drawing renewed scholarly attention as conservation measures secure its long-term survival. Known as the Yeşilbelde Rock Tomb, the monument has been placed under strict protection—not as a result of a new discovery, but because its…