The Kapilikaya Rock Tomb is located between
Laçin and
Kırkdilim,
27 km north of
Çorum
Çorum () (Medieval Greek: Ευχάνεια, romanized: Euchaneia) is a northern Anatolian city that is the capital of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from A ...
,
Turkey
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, on a rocky, steep and rough land formed by rift valleys cracked by river, on the north- west corner of a rock which extends to the north.
A steep trail ascends the left side of a rocky outcropping, culminating in stairs before a tomb. Access to its inner chamber is through a small square opening halfway up.
It is a rock tomb of the
Hellenistic period
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 ...
, dating back to the 2nd century B.C. The inscription "IKEZIOS" stands on the door of the tomb.
The tomb is in a cube shape.
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description on art of wayfaringThe Rock Tomb of Kapilikaya
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Tombs in Turkey
Hellenistic sites
Çorum Province