Read the following text! Kaunos: An Ancient City of Ruins and Rock Cut Tombs Outside the city walls like brilliant marquees along the Dalyan River are the Hellenic Kaunian rock-cut tombs. Dating back to the 5th through 2nd centuries BCE, the tombs showcase temple-like facades on the sheer cliff sides. Between dalyan and Kaunos there are more than 150 rock-cut tombs. Twenty of them have temple-type facades. Behind the facades are modest cut-out spaces of different sizes designed for housing the remains of families. The famous tombs facing the Dalyan River were undoubtedly for the elite. Few people say these are the Kaunosian kings’ tombs. Slabs of rocks served as doors to the inner chambers. Kaunos, once a bustling destination city that overlooked over two prosperous maritime ports, now lies in scattered ruins. It is now approximately eight kilometers from the sea. There are no longer governments battling over control of the city; once it proved barren, no longer capable of filling large coffers, it was forgotten. However, the work of archaeologists from across the world is revealing that today the real treasure lies in its magnificent history. Kaunos was once a thriving port city in Southwestern Anatolia near Dalyan, Turkey, between the Mediterranean and Aagean seas. Its ruins tell a tale of a rich and opulent history with its many archaeological structures and elegant Kaunian rock-cut tombs. Life in this port city dates back to the 10th century BCE. However, it was finally abandoned around 1500 CE. Today, the site reveals a multi-cultural tapestry of life that once occupied this area. What does paragraph 1 describe?

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Kaunos: An Ancient City of Ruins and Rock Cut Tombs

Outside the city walls like brilliant marquees along the Dalyan River are the Hellenic Kaunian rock-cut tombs. Dating back to the 5th through 2nd centuries BCE, the tombs showcase temple-like facades on the sheer cliff sides. Between dalyan and Kaunos there are more than 150 rock-cut tombs. Twenty of them have temple-type facades. Behind the facades are modest cut-out spaces of different sizes designed for housing the remains of families. The famous tombs facing the Dalyan River were undoubtedly for the elite. Few people say these are the Kaunosian kings’ tombs. Slabs of rocks served as doors to the inner chambers.

Kaunos, once a bustling destination city that overlooked over two prosperous maritime ports, now lies in scattered ruins. It is now approximately eight kilometers from the sea. There are no longer governments battling over control of the city; once it proved barren, no longer capable of filling large coffers, it was forgotten. However, the work of archaeologists from across the world is revealing that today the real treasure lies in its magnificent history.

Kaunos was once a thriving port city in Southwestern Anatolia near Dalyan, Turkey, between the Mediterranean and Aagean seas. Its ruins tell a tale of a rich and opulent history with its many archaeological structures and elegant Kaunian rock-cut tombs. Life in this port city dates back to the 10th century BCE. However, it was finally abandoned around 1500 CE. Today, the site reveals a multi-cultural tapestry of life that once occupied this area.

What does paragraph 1 describe?

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