Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town
Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE)·Lycian / Roman provincial·🇹🇷 Antalya Province, Turkey
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About Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) submerged-city attributed to Lycian / Roman provincial. Submerged harbour quarter 30 m offshore at Aperlae with 2 harbour basins and purple dye vats. Höhfeld Aperlae purple dye installation with murex middens submerged 2 m.
Why it mattersKey Lycian / Roman provincial hill site illustrating Anatolian settlement
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hellenistic urbanism
- 02Lycian federation cult
Theories
- 01Mountain defensive settlement
- 02Sanctuary federation
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 400 BCE
- Period
- Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE)
- Culture
- Lycian / Roman provincial
- Purpose
- Submerged harbour quarter 30 m offshore at Aperlae with 2 harbour basins and purple dye vats
- Excavation
- Submerged
c. 400 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1600° N · 29.7900° E · -3 m · 3 mapped features
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town — Submerged Moorings
mooringUnderwater moorings
36.1601° N · 29.7901° ETymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town — Purple Vats
vatsDye vats
36.1598° N · 29.7902° ETymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town — Harbour Wall
wallHarbour wall
36.1604° N · 29.7898° E