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City gate.Hellenistic fortifications of Xanthos''Dancer'' tombLycian monumental tombs, the Harpy tomb and the pillared sarcophagusRoman colonnaded street running north-south (decumanus)Xanthos - theatreXanthos - theatreThe Roman theatre, built in the mid-2nd century ADRoman theatre and Lycian tombsXanthus TheaterPillar tombRoman Theatre in XanthosHarp Monument. XanthosXanthos, West ChurchInscribed Pillar of Xanthos - Harpagus SteleXanthus AgoraRoman BridgeLycian AcropolisThe Tower Tomb in XanthosThe Harpy Tomb in Xanthon necropolisXanthus NecropolisSarcophagus of Merehi. XanthosSarcophagus of Merehi. XanthosLetoon Theater EntranceLetoon TheaterLetoon TheaterLetoon. theaterHelmettrilingual stele. 337 bce. (Fethiye museum)Hellenistic stoa

Location:

  • Türkiye, Kınık
  • geo:36.354839,29.320246
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -370~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Annotations

Te Nereid monument is a  the tomb of Arbinas, the last dynast of Xan-thos, who died about 370 BC,

Sources:

  1. Anthony Keen; "The Dynastic Tombs of Xanthos: Who Was Buried Where?". Anatolian Studies. 42:  (1992), p.  53.
  2. Lucia Novakova, Andrea Durianova: Closer to Heaven: The Tradition of Above Ground Burials in Western Anatolia. In: ΕΥΔΑΙΜΩΝ, Charles University, Faculty of Arts/ Masaryk Univeristy 2018
  3. Nereid Monument (N. Yıldırım – H. Kökmen), in: Excavations at Xanthos in 2012 - Batı Agora / West Agora; 2013, ANMED – H. Kökmen) - http://www.akmedanmed.com/pdf/2013/11_ksanthos.pdf

Nearby

Arch of Sextus Marcius Priscus, Xanthos

City Gate, Xanthos. Xanthus, Vespasian Archway

Xanthos, City Gate

Hellenistic city gate

Lower Agora, Xanthos

Ancient City of Xanthos, Kinik Village.


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