Editing Xanthos (section)

==Archaeology==
{{Further|Tombs at Xanthos}}
[[File:The_Harpy_Tomb_reliefs,_about_480_BC,_Xanthos,_British_Museum,_London_(8825525382).jpg|thumb|The [[Harpy Tomb]] sculptures in the [[British Museum]]]]
Excavations at Xanthos have shown that wooden structures were destroyed in {{circa|470 BC}}, probably by the [[Athens|Athenian]] [[Kimon]]. Xanthos was later rebuilt in stone.{{sfn|Jenkins|2006|p=23}}

The [[Nereid Monument]], the [[Tomb of Payava]], and the original sculptures of the [[Harpy Tomb]] are exhibited in the [[British Museum]].<ref name="Bri1">{{cite web |title=Room 17: Nereid Monument 390–380 BC |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/nereid-monument |publisher=[[British Museum]] |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Bri2">{{cite web |title=Room 20: Greeks and Lycians 400–325 BC |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/greeks-and-lycians-400-325-bc |publisher=[[British Museum]] |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Bri3">{{cite web |title=Room 15: Greece: Athens and Lycia 520–430 BC |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/greece-athens-and-lycia |publisher=[[British Museum]] |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> The Harpy Tomb itself is located in its original location at Xanthos, now with replica reliefs.{{sfn|Jenkins|2006|p=163}}

The [[archeology|archeological]] excavations and surface investigations at Xanthos have yielded inscriptions in both the [[Lycian language]] and Greek, including bilingual texts that are useful in the understanding of Lycian.{{sfn|Keen|1992|p=59}} The [[Xanthian Obelisk]], otherwise known as the Inscribed Pillar, is a trilingual [[stele]] which was found in the city; it records an older Anatolian language conventionally known as the [[Milyan language|Milyan]].{{sfn|Dusinberre|2013|p=192}}