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Xanthus AgoraXanthos West AgoraXanthos, West ChurchXanthos - theatreThe Roman theatre, built in the mid-2nd century ADRoman theatre and Lycian tombsXanthos Theatre East EntranceXanthos TheatreXanthus TheaterXanthos - theatreHarpy TombRoman Theatre in XanthosHarp Monument. XanthosXanthos  ''Harpy & Pillar'' TombsPillar tombXanthus, DecumanusTripylon leading to the DecumanusLycian monumental tombs, the Harpy tomb and the pillared sarcophagusRoman colonnaded street running north-south (decumanus)Hellenistic fortifications of Xanthos''Dancer'' tombXanthos  ''Dromos Building''Xanthos  ''Dromos Building''Xanthos  ''Dromos Building''Lycian AcropolisXanthos  BasilicaNereids monument base.Nereid MonumentCity gate.Xanthos ''Dancers Tomb''

Location:

  • Türkiye, Karaköy
  • geo:36.35725,29.31867
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -420~ / unknown

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Annotations

The Inscribed Pillar of Xanthos, also known as the Xanthian Obelisk,  the Harpagus Monument, Pillar of Kherei was made ca 400 BC.

See:

  1. ''Xanthian Obelisk'' is actually a par of the pillar tomb1
  2. A. Dönmez – H. M. Erdoğan, Wet Agora in: Burhan Varkıvanç, Ksanthos 2013 Yılı Çalışmaları / Excavations at Xanthos in 2013 - Batı Agora ... ANMED ANADOLU AKDENİZİ Arkeoloji Haberleri 2014, p,

References

  1. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.57,58


Nearby

Xanthos Byzantine Shops & Workshops

The Roman state agora had undergone many changes by the 5th.C

Xanthos, West Church

Early Byzantine church.


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