Xanthos

E326145
ancient city archaeological site

Xanthos was the principal ancient city of Lycia in southwestern Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian tombs and later Greek and Roman influences.

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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.

Lycia → hasMajorCity → Xanthos ⓘ
Lycia → hasCapital → Xanthos ⓘ
Lycia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteIncludes → Xanthos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanthos-Letoon
Antalya Province → hasHeritageSite → Xanthos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanthos-Letoon
Letoon → locatedNear → Xanthos ⓘ
Letoon → UNESCOSiteName → Xanthos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanthos-Letoon
Asian Turkey → containsSite → Xanthos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanthos-Letoon
Anatolian coast → includesAncientCity → Xanthos ⓘ
Teke Peninsula → containsArchaeologicalSite → Xanthos ⓘ
Turkish coast → containsAncientSite → Xanthos ⓘ
Pinara → locatedNear → Xanthos ⓘ
Lycian League → hasCapital → Xanthos ⓘ
Lycian League → hasMember → Xanthos ⓘ
Lycian League → hasMember → Xanthos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Telmessos
Lycian League → hasArchaeologicalSite → Xanthos ⓘ