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Xanthos was the chief city of the Lycian federation, populated from the 8th century BC into the Byzantine era. Features include Lycian tombs, an amphitheatre, and an obelisk with a funerary text in Ancient Greek, Lycian and Milyan / Lycian B. Several treasures were carried off to the British Museum in London so the Nereid Monument, the tomb of Payava, and the original sculptures of the Harpy Tomb here are replicas.
Xanthos or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as Arna, its Lycian name, was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ruins are located on a hill on the left bank of the River Xanthos. The number and quality of the surviving tombs at Xanthos are a notable feature of the site, which, together with nearby Letoon, was declared to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
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