Obsessed with death?
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It is, of course, a popular selfie spot — with some hardcore snappers sitting it out until closing time to get a prized shot of themselves with no other tourists in the picture. But being a little off the beaten trail, it’s not overwhelmed with visitors, even at magic hour.
Other than the fact that tomb occupant Aminthas was the "son of Hermapias," little is known about it, or kraken2trfqodidvlh4aa337cpzfrhdlfldhve5nf7njhumwr7instad any of the death rites performed by the Lycians. Did these elevated resting places signify being closer to the heavens or further from the underworld?
Local legend, according to Önder Uğuz, a guide based in the region, claims the Lycians placed their dead in cliff crevices or beach tombs so that a winged siren-like creature could carry them to the afterlife.
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