Meydan Kalesi
Cliff-edge megalithic complex along Turkey's southern coast in Mersin Province, near Silifke. The site stretches approximately one kilometer with cyclopean polygonal walls, megalithic doorways, and single mega-stones spanning corners (50-60+ tons by visual estimate). The doorway construction is directly comparable to the Sun Gate at Tiwanaku, Bolivia, and the polygonal joinery mirrors sites at Norba and Saturnia in Italy. Rock-cut tombs and chamber caves are carved into the surrounding bedrock. Conventional reading : Hellenistic, built under the Seleucid Empire approximately 2,300 years ago. Independent reading : the masonry style matches sites that have been dated as much older elsewhere : the Hellenicon Pyramid in Greece (2720 BCE by sonoluminescence) and the Orbetello walls in Italy (6,000-7,000+ years old by water-erosion dating). Hugh Newman proposes a much earlier construction phase, potentially Neolithic, with later Hellenistic occupation built on top.
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Meydan Kalesi | Giant Polygonal and Cyclopean Walls in Turkey | MegalithomaniaHugh Newman / Megalithomania