🏛️ Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
Hellenistic burial tumulus within a UNESCO World Heritage landscape near Bergama, Türkiye
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Bergama, western Türkiye
- Period: Hellenistic era, Attalid dynasty
- Type: Elite burial tumulus within multi-layered cultural landscape
- UNESCO inscription: 2014
A Tepe Tumulus is a Hellenistic burial monument in the Pergamon region of western Türkiye that represents elite funerary architecture and dynastic power during the reign of the Attalid kingdom. Pergamon was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 in recognition of its multi-layered cultural landscape, which documents successive civilizations from the Hellenistic period through Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman occupation. As of 2026, the tumulus remains part of the protected UNESCO ...