The Ruins of Ancient Dara, Mardin, Turkey

Dara Ancient City became an important fortress city during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I, at the beginning of the 6th century, in the Northern Region of Mesopotamia, at the border with Persia. The East Romans left behind rock tombs, impressive cisterns, churches. Today the ruins of ancient Dara are located in the south-eastern Anatolian province of Mardin, almost on the border with Syria.