The tomb is cut into the eastern face of a large rock mass in the Doğanlı valley, about five hundred metres south-west of Çukurca village in the Seyitgazi district. It dates from the Hellenistic period, between the third and first centuries BC, and remained in use through Roman and Byzantine times with additions and alterations.
It was carved as a temple front in the Doric order: a triangular pediment and cornice carried on two columns. Behind the monumental entrance hall are two burial chambers side by side, each entered through its own door, with arched grave troughs set into their side and rear walls.
Getting there
- Access
- Five hundred metres south-west of Çukurca village.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Eskişehir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.2 °C in January to 22.1 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (44 mm) and lightest in August (11 mm). Long-term means for 1991-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
