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Caunos rock tombs

            Kaunos displays the most beautiful examples of the rock tombs which are the descendents of the tradition of cutting rock to form chamber tombs in Caria. There are two main types: 1) those which have temple facades, 2) those of the simple form which are named 'pigeon holes'. The temple tombs which are seen extensively in the Caunus periphery and in the neighbouring cities in Lycia, are of the tradition of the Nereid Monument in Xanthos. And Caunus is the first to apply this architectural form to the tradition of rock cutting. The earliest of the Ionic rock tombs of Caunus could have been before the 4th century BC. However, the making of the necropolis must have taken place more than a century later. Except one, all of the tombs have two columns in antis at the facades. The chambers with more than one bench of the bodies were separated from the bedrock by surrounding corridors. The other simple forms of rock tombs in which corpses were laid were formed by smooting out only the rock facade and carving a rectangular prism shaped chamber inside. The tradition of rock tombs continued to exist in a variety of forms throughout the Roman Period.
   

Taken on: May 1, 2006

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