Xanthos – Kınık, Antalya (Ancient Lycia)
Xanthos was the political center of ancient Lycia, overlooking the Xanthos (Eşen) River at Kınık. The acropolis holds Lycian pillar tombs, Harpy and Nereid monuments (original reliefs in the British Museum), and later Hellenistic/Roman fortifications. Public buildings include the theater, Roman agora/bath, and Byzantine churches. Xanthos is famed for its resistance episodes (Herodotus) and bilingual Lycian-Greek inscriptions, crucial for deciphering Lycian. With Letoon, it is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (1988).
Sources
- UNESCO – https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/484
- Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthos
- British Museum – Nereid Monument, Harpy Tomb reliefs