EGETÜRKİYE

Conical earthen mounds rising amidst green agricultural fields.
Bin Tepe Lydian Royal Tumuli Necropolis

Research inventory

ManisasalihliIonia & Aeolis

Bin Tepe Lydian Royal Tumuli Necropolis

Reading the place

Not one monument, but a layered setting.

The Bin Tepe Lydian Royal Tumuli is a colossal royal necropolis of 119 monumental earthen mounds in Salihli, Manisa, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2025. Dominated by the giant Tumulus of King Alyattes, it represents one of antiquity's most impressive monumental burial landscapes.

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Source review status

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Manisa · salihli

Research note

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How to use this dossier

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Narratives that include this place

Periods

  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Hellenistic era

Regional context

Inner Aegean

Research sources

District guide

Salihli

Province guide

Manisa