Editing Xanthos (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Lycian city in southwest Turkey}}
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  |name = Xanthos
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  |location = [[Kınık, Kaş|Kınık]], [[Antalya Province]], Turkey
  |region = [[Lycia]]
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  |website = [https://turkishmuseums.com/museum/detail/1975-antalya-xanthos-orenyeri/1975/1 turkishmuseums.com]
  |notes = 
  |designation1=WHS
  |designation1_offname = Xanthos-[[Letoon]]
  |designation1_date = 1988 (12th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])
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'''Xanthos''' or '''Xanthus''', also referred to by scholars as '''''Arna''''', its [[Lycian language|Lycian]] name,{{sfn|Fried|2004|p=145}} ({{langx|tr|Ksantos}}, [[Lycian language|Lycian]]: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', {{langx|el|Ξάνθος}}, [[Latin]]: ''Xanthus'') was an ancient city near the present-day village of [[Kınık, Kaş|Kınık]], in [[Antalya Province]], Turkey. The ruins are located on a hill on the left bank of the River Xanthos. The number and quality of the surviving [[tombs at Xanthos]] are a notable feature of the site, which, together with nearby [[Letoon]], was declared to be a [[UNESCO]] [[List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey|World Heritage Site]] in 1988. 

The city of Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the [[Lycians]], and later for the [[Persians]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and [[Roman Empire|Romans]] who in turn conquered the region. Xanthos influenced its neighbours architecturally; the [[Nereid Monument]] directly inspired the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]] in the region of [[Caria]].