Sardis - Necropolis

Some 10km/6mi north west of Sartmustafa stands another large necropolis. Here scattered over an undulating plateau ("bin tepe", thousand hills) lie more than 60 conical burial mounds of varying size. Among them is an unusually large mound 69m/225ft high, traditionally believed to be the tomb of Kroisos' father, Alyattes, which is described by Herodotus (Bk 1, ch. 93).