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Dalyan Rock/King Tombs
Tombs with a view;This Lycian Rock Tombs at Caunos date back to 400BC The story all around you in Dalyan.
The rock tombs story,believe or not: Legend has that city was founded fallowing a dispute in a dynasty ancient family. Caunos, a prince, was forced to leave his home near the Ephesus to escape the amorous advances of his twin sister Byblis. She then attempted suicide by jumping from a hight rock, but was saved by nymphs who turned her tears into a river. |