The
ancient town of Myra in Turkey may sound familiar to you, because St.
Nicholas was the bishop of Myra. Another claim to fame for the region is
the many ancient ruins one can see there.
Perhaps
most striking of all the ancient ruins in Myra are the rock-cut tombs of
the ancient Lycian necropolis. Two burial sites, the river necropolis
and ocean necropolis, with frontages resembling classical temples, are
hewn from the cliffs towering above the town.
You can
imagine the years of work that went into carving these tombs out of the
cliff faces. See plenty of pictures of them at
Urban Ghosts.
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