These tombs were built on the side of a mountain so that the ancient angels could reach the dead.
Carved off to the side of the Turkish mountain, these are what appear to be the entrances to countless temples, but are in fact the ornate façade of ancient Lycian tombs.
The Lycians believed that their dead were transported to the afterlife by magical winged creatures, and therefore they placed their deserved dead in geographically high places such as a cliff.
Since the 4th century, many of the many entrances are decorated with tall Romanesque columns and intricate reliefs. Older tombs are often unmarked holes dug into the rock.
Despite their superficial grandeur, the interior of the tombs are spare chambers carved into the rock with a simple monolith inside to show the body and rooms otherwise empty from hundreds of years of plunder.
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