Geography

Çanakçı tombs are at about 36°31′33"N 34°10′44"E a few hundred meters west of Kanlıdivane

Kanlıdivane

Kanlıdivane is an ancient city situated around a big sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey.- Geography :Kanlıdivane is in the rural area of Erdemli district, which is a part of Mersin Province at . It is to Erdemli and to Mersin. Its altitude is approximatelly...

 sink hole. The general altitude of the area is around 225 metres (738.2 ft).They are sculpted on rocks on the southern side of a road running parallel to Datça-Mersin highway and the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 coastline at an altitude a few meters above the level of the road. The distance to Kumkuyu

Kumkuyu

-Geography:Kumkuyu is a Mediterranean coastal town in the rural area of Erdemli district which is a part of Mersin Province. It is on the main highway . The distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is . The coordinates are . The population is 2887 as of 2010.-History:The vicinity of the town had been...

 town is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to Erdemli

Erdemli

Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin.-Geography:The district extends from the Mediterranean coastal plain, the largest agricultural area in Mersin Province, to high in the Taurus Mountains where there is forest, and...

 is 19 kilometres (11.8 mi) and to Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

 is 56 kilometres (34.8 mi).

The tombs

The tombs were carved in around 2nd century AD, during Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

period. Each tomb has a rectangular opening. On some of the openings there are inscriptions which condemn potential tomb thieves . Also on some tombs human figures are carved, unquestionably belonging to the bodies in the tombs. In two niches there are 3 human figures in each and in one niche there is one human figure.