The
Necropolis of Pantalica in southeast
Sicily, Italy, is a collection of cemeteries with rock-cut chamber tombs dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC. There have been thought to be over 5000 tombs, although the most recent estimate suggests a figure of just under 4000. They extend around the flanks of a large promontory located at the junction of the
Anapo river with its tributary, the
Calcinara, about 23 kilometres northwest of Syracuse. Together with the city of
Syracuse, Pantalica was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.