Xanthos, also called Xanthus, was a chief city state of the Lycians, an indigenous people of southwestern Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Many of the tombs at Xanthos are pillar tombs, formed of a stone burial chamber on top of a large stone pillar. The body would be placed in the top of the stone structure, elevating it above the landscape. The tombs are for men who ruled in a Lycian dynasty from the mid-6th century to the mid-4th century BCE and help to show the continuity of their power in the region. Not only do the tombs serve as a form of monumentalization to preserve the memory of the rulers, but they also reveal the adoption of Greek style of decoration.
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| - Xanthos, also called Xanthus, was a chief city state of the Lycians, an indigenous people of southwestern Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Many of the tombs at Xanthos are pillar tombs, formed of a stone burial chamber on top of a large stone pillar. The body would be placed in the top of the stone structure, elevating it above the landscape. The tombs are for men who ruled in a Lycian dynasty from the mid-6th century to the mid-4th century BCE and help to show the continuity of their power in the region. Not only do the tombs serve as a form of monumentalization to preserve the memory of the rulers, but they also reveal the adoption of Greek style of decoration. (en)
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| - Ajanta Cave 9 (en)
- Reconstruction of the Nereid Monument, British Museum. (en)
- Illustration of the original Nereid Monument. (en)
- Sarcophagus at Xanthos, Lycia. (en)
- Sarcophagus, back view (en)
- Tomb of Payava and Lomas Rishi cave entrance . (en)
- Reconstruction drawing of the tomb by Viollet-le-Duc, with complete base. (en)
- The Harpy Tomb, dating from 480–470 BC, Xanthos, Lycia. (en)
- Reconstructed Reliefs of Harpy Tomb, British Museum. (en)
- The tomb of Payava, a Lykian aristocrat, about 375–360 BCE, from Xanthos, British Museum. (en)
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| - Ajanta Cave 9.jpg (en)
- Tomb of Payava and Lomas Rishi cave entrance.jpg (en)
- The tomb of Payava, a Lykian aristocrat, about 375-360 BC, from Xanthos, British Museum .jpg (en)
- Sarcophagus of Payava from Xanthos from the Entretiens sur l'Architecture, Atlas by Viollet-le-Duc 1863.jpg (en)
- Illustrerad Verldshistoria band I Ill 102.jpg (en)
- Reconstruction Nereid Monument BM.jpg (en)
- Lycian tomb next to the Harpy tomb, Xanthos, Lycia, Turkey .jpg (en)
- Xanthos sarcophagus .jpg (en)
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