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Vast blue lake surface, reed beds, and ancient Lydian mountains rising in the background.
Lake Gygaia (Marmara Lake) Lydian Royal Landscape at Gölmarmara, Manisa

Historical event

MÖ 560Ionia & AeolisTable and production

Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia

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Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE) marks the creation of one of antiquity's largest tumulus tombs.

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Historical event · MÖ 560 · Table and production · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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  • Ionia & Aeolis

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