Verified36.5500° N · 30.2000° E · 400 m
Idebessos — Lycian Tower City
Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE)·Lycian·🇹🇷 Antalya Province, Turkey
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About Idebessos — Lycian Tower City
Idebessos — Lycian Tower City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian. Towered city with 15 square towers along walls 600 m circuit at Idebessos. Idebessos with polygonal fort 15 towers and theatre 1500 seats.
Why it mattersKey Negev–Anatolian highland site
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Desert agriculture technology
- 02Roman frontier model
Theories
- 01Incense trade water management
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE
- Period
- Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE)
- Culture
- Lycian
- Purpose
- Towered city with 15 square towers along walls 600 m circuit at Idebessos
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.5500° N · 30.2000° E · 400 m · 3 mapped features
Idebessos — Lycian Tower City — Enclosure Circuit
wallsEnclosing walls or terrace walls
36.5501° N · 30.2001° EIdebessos — Lycian Tower City — Church/Mosque Annex
churchByzantine church or mosque
36.5498° N · 30.2002° EIdebessos — Lycian Tower City — Cistern Cluster
cisternPlastered cisterns
36.5504° N · 30.1998° E