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Bin Tepe
38.5800° N, 28.0072° E
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Bin Tepe is an archaeological site on the southern shore of Marmara Lake in Manisa Province, Turkey. Consisting of over 100 tumuli, it served as a cemetery for the elites of nearby Sardis.(p1121)
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Earliest tumuli constructed
c. 600 BCE
Alyattes dies (tumulus attributed to him)
560 BCE
Fall of the Lydian Empire
546 BCE
Spiegelthal excavates Alyattes tumulus
1853
Archaeological work expands
1880
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Burial and Funerary Structures
TombsCemeteriesBurial Mounds
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Artificial MoundsLandscaped Earthworks
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