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Theimussa (Kale iskelesi-Üçagiz)

Theimussa is in the village of Üçagiz, which connects the highway to Kekova. This is at the same time a shelter for boats. Üçagiz Bay is surrounded with green boats and the bay looks like a natural port. The remains in Üçagiz on the north coast of the bay belong to the ancient city of Theimussa. city. We know little about the history of this city, but we do know from inscriptions that it existed in the ninth century B.C. There are remains of several tombs here and on the coast of the village, there is a door and the remains of a tower on rocks.

Right behind the dock, there is a house-type tomb built in the ninth century B.C., and on it, there is a young naked male figure. On it, inscriptions say the tomb belonged to Kluwanimi.

To the east, there are many sarcophagi which look like they are built on top of each other, Most of these tombs are products of Hellenistic or Roman times. On the tombs, the inscriptions say, “Citizens of Kyaenai and Myra.”

Just as Simena in Kaleköy formed a union with Apollania, Isinda and Aperlai, Theimussa could have formed a union with Myra and Kyaenai, and one of these cities was represented in the Lycian Union. On the eastern end of the city, there is a massive dock some 28 meters long and 8 meters wide formed by cutting rocks. Today it is even possible to still see the cut marks on the rocks. From here, you can proceed to Simena in Kaleköy.

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