Visitors coming to Dalyan for the first time fall under a sort of spell of enhancement when taking in the captivating and unforgettable sight of the six rock tombs carved into limestone cliffs on the other shore of the river. The monumental tombs that almost turn into a painting under the yellow light of the spotlights are like doors to antiquity, in which civilization was elevated with reason and artistic creation and opens into eternity by uniting death and immortality. In accordance with the grave culture of antiquity, people of Caunos were building such spectacular tombs for their kings, nobles and rich people, and they were burying corpses together with their valuable belongings.The Dalyan Rock Tombs forming the upper row are classified as "temple faced' tombs, since the fronts of them resemble temples and are dated back to the 4th. century BC.
