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Çemi Resan Kaya Mezarlari |
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Rock-cut Tomb |
Altitude:
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707 m |
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Diyarbakir |
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Çinar |
Village:
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Asagikonak |
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Survey |
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It is located about 1.5 km southwest of Asagikonak Village in Çinar District of Diyarbakir Province. It appears in the Diyarbakir Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Diyarbakir Province Culture and Tourism Directorship between 2009 and 2011. Rock shelters and rock graves carved into the high rocky places were discovered. All of them face to the same direction. There are niches in various types and sizes inside of the rock shelters. Rock graves are in rectangular shape and they contain 3 klinai and bone pit located in the middle sections. |
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