Monument · Siirt
Başur Höyük
Başur Höyük (pronounced as Bashur) in Turkey's south-eastern Siirt Province is a 5,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site.
Başur Höyük (pronounced as Bashur) in Turkey's south-eastern Siirt Province is a 5,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site. It is located just outside the city of Siirt near the village of Aktaş in a valley of the upper Tigris River, adjacent to the Başur River. The 820-foot by 492-foot burial mound was excavated in the years up to 2018, by Brenna Hassett of the Natural History Museum in London, and Haluk Sağlamtimur of Ege University in Turkey.
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The closest 7 places around Başur Höyük; sorted without regard to province borders.
Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.
Tomb of İsmail Fakirullah
The Tomb of İsmail Fakirullah is a shrine located in the Tillo district of Siirt Province in Turkey.
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Botan Valley National Park
The Botan Valley National Park, is a historical area with the status of a national park within the borders of Siirt province of Turkey.
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Alkumru Dam
The Alkumru Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Botan River, located 14 km (9 mi) east of Siirt in Siirt Province, Turkey.
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Arzen
Arzen (in Syriac Arzŏn or Arzŭn, Armenian Arzn, Ałzn, Arabic Arzan) was an ancient and medieval city, located on the border zone between Upper…
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Beğendik Bridge
Beğendik Bridge, also known as Botan Bridge, is a road bridge crossing the Botan River at Beğendik in Siirt Province in southeastern Turkey.
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