Xanthos
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Xanthos was the principal ancient city of Lycia in southwestern Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian tombs and later Greek and Roman influences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xanthos canonical | 10 |
| Xanthos-Letoon | 4 |
| Telmessos | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| artifactsHeldAt |
Antalya Museum
ⓘ
British Museum ⓘ |
| associatedSite | Letoon ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Romans ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek
ⓘ
Lycian ⓘ Roman ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Persian general Harpagus ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 546 BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Charles Fellows ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
Lycians ⓘ
surface form:
Lycian civilization
|
| hasStructure |
Byzantine church
ⓘ
Lycian sarcophagi ⓘ
surface form:
Lycian necropolis
acropolis ⓘ agora ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Harpy Tomb
ⓘ
Lycian tombs ⓘ Nereid Monument ⓘ Xanthian Obelisk ⓘ bilingual inscriptions ⓘ funerary monuments ⓘ pillar tombs ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ |
| languageInscribed |
Greek
ⓘ
Lycian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lycia
ⓘ
southwestern Anatolia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kınık
ⓘ
Xanthos River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Xanthos-Letoon World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Xanthos-Letoon UNESCO World Heritage Site
|
| principalCityOf | Lycia ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter | Persian conquest ⓘ |
| region | Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1988 ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xanthos-Letoon
this entity surface form:
Xanthos-Letoon
this entity surface form:
Xanthos-Letoon
this entity surface form:
Xanthos-Letoon
this entity surface form:
Telmessos