🏛️ Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape: X Tepe Tumulus
Hellenistic royal burial mound in western Türkiye
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Bergama district, İzmir Province, Türkiye
- Period: Hellenistic, Attalid dynasty era
- Monument type: Funerary tumulus with underground stone burial chambers
- UNESCO inscription: 2014
X Tepe Tumulus is a burial mound in the Pergamon archaeological zone in western Türkiye that preserves the funerary practices and dynastic traditions of the Hellenistic Attalid kingdom. The tumulus demonstrates the cultural synthesis that characterized ancient Pergamon, where Greek urban traditions merged with Anatolian customs. X Tepe Tumulus was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 as part of the broader Pergamon cultural landscape. As of 2026, the mound remains largely ...