Kanytelis was an inland town of

ancient Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...

, inhabited during the

Hellenistic In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...

, Roman, and Byzantine eras. Its name does not appear among ancient authors but is inferred from

epigraphic Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

and other evidence. Its site is located near

Kanlıdivane Kanlıdivane (''ancient'' Canytelis, Greek: Κανυτελής) is an ancient city situated around a big sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey. Geography Kanlıdivane is in the rural area of Erdemli district, which is a part of Mersin Province at ...

in Asiatic Turkey.

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File:Kanlidivane (Kanytelleis) Ruin,Erdemli,Mersin,Turkey.jpg, Detail of a relief in the necropolis. File:Rock-Cut Tombs-Kanytelleis-Mersin-Turkey.jpg, Rock cut tombs. File:Kanlidivane Temple Tomb.JPG, Temple tomb. File:KanlidivaneGrabhaus.JPG, Temple tomb. File:KanlidivaneFamilie.jpg, Armaronksas family tomb. Populated places in ancient Cilicia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire History of Mersin Province {{Mersin-geo-stub