Tomb· Kaş, Antalya
Harpy Tomb
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Lycian pillar tomb whose 480 BC harpy reliefs were cut off by a British sea captain in 1842 — only plaster casts remain on site.
Editor's Note
The Harpy Tomb is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb in the abandoned city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia. Built under the Persian Achaemenid Empire and dated to about 480–470 BC, the chamber topped a tall pillar and was decorated with marble panels carved in bas-relief; it was made for an Iranian prince or governor of Xanthus, perhaps Kybernis.
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- Location
- 36.3568°N · 29.3180°E
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