The very early traces of inhabitation of the site date back to the fifth/fourth millenium. The city was founded in the Hellenistic times in the 3rd century BC.. Balbura -Βάλβουρα was a Lycian town, the site of which is at Çölkayiği [ship of the desert]. The ruins are on two hills and on the plain below. Baalbura had a wide territory. The village Toriaeum (Kozagaci) and few more belonged to Balbura in the II century AD1.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.166-170
- John James Coulton, Balboura Survey 1988, 1990, in: AST IX, 1991, pp. 47-57 - http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/sempozyum_pdf/arastirmalar/09_arastirma.pdf
3. https://www.academia.edu/8586324/Balboura_Lycia_
References
- ↑George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.169