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Kapilikaya Rock Tomb

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The Kapilikaya Rock Tomb is located in Kırkdilim, 27 km north of Çorum, Turkey, on a rocky, steep and rough land formed by rift valleys cracked by river, on the north- west corner of a rock which extends toward north.

It is a rock tomb of the Hellenistic period, dating back to the 2nd century B.C. The inscprition "IKEZIOS" stands on the door of the tomb' s room. The room of the tomb is in square shape and there are deads' secchis carved as niche on the right and left sides of the entrance.

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Kapilikaya Rock Tomb Wikipedia