Yedi Kardeş Burcu, Yedi Kardes Tower, Tower of the Seven Brothers
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
basalt
Culture:
Turkish, Kurdish
Style / Period:
Artuqid, Byzantine
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Gabriel Rodriguez
Notes:
The walls were originally completed in the 4th century CE and were rebuilt and expanded over time, this particular tower was built in the Artuqid period around 1208