Rock-cut tombs

Two nearly 2,000-year-old tombs with magnificent wall paintings will be open to the public for the first time in southern Israel after a painstaking conservation process, the Israel Antiquities Authority has announced.

Like Petra, Hegra boasts stunning sandstone cliffs and carved rock formations that have withstood the test of time

The Necropolis Museum in the southern province of Antalya, which was once used as a bus terminal and market area, takes its visitors on a historical journey through glass walkways following excavations conducted in the area.

Many of the tombs, designed with vaulted ceilings and decorated with painted walls, contained multiple sarcophagi

Treasure hunters have exploded the entrance of a 2,500-year-old rock-cut tomb, one of the six ancient sepulchres in the Elmalı district of the southern province of Antalya.
"These are cultural heritages, we must protect them to leave to the next generations," Durmuş Altan, an archaeologist, told Demirören News Agency on Oct. 6.

A Roman tomb of the 1-3 century was discovered at the Medical University in Plovdiv. According to archaeologists, it is part of the western necropolis of Philippopolis.

It was discovered during the repair of the steam installation in the medical facility. The Roman tomb is made of bricks,  and the roof is made of granite.

Three rock tombs have been unearthed at a construction site in the western Turkish province of Bodrum’s Bitez neighborhood.

Centuries old Roman-era tombs that have been unearthed in the southern province of Mersin's Mezitli district are falling into ruins as a result of human factors and natural conditions. 

Road construction work in the western province of Uşak has unearthed a 2,000 year-old necropolis (graveyard) from the Roman era.

Because there were no skeletons in any of the 33 graves in the necropolis, officials believe the local people built symbolic graves for their relatives who had lost their lives during war.

Three more tombs have been unearthed in an olive grove in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district. One tomb was previously found last November in the same field, which is believed to be a necropolis from the late Roman era.