CNN —The ancient Lycians knew a thing or two about democracy.
Drive around the coast of this beautiful region and you’ll never be too far from a spectacular city of the dead – elaborate tombs carved by Lycians into the sides of cliffs overlooking towns, valleys and shorelines.
This cliff tomb above the city of Fethiye is a great place to watch the sun go down.
It’s a mystery, says Catherine Draycott, an associate professor of archaeology at the UK’s Durham University, who has studied Lycian cliff tombs, as well as sarcophagi and another rarer variation — sarcophagi placed atop pillars.
There are plenty of less extreme Lycian tomb raids to enjoy in this corner of Turkey.
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