Harpy Tomb
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The Harpy Tomb is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb that stands in the abandoned city of Xanthos, capital of ancient Lycia, a region of southwestern Anatolia in what is now Turkey. Built in the Pers
Harpy Tomb of Xanthos
Harpy Tomb Reconstructed, 1905
The replacement copies of the reliefs on the Harpy Tomb
The Harpy Tomb reliefs in the British Museum
Kybernis
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Kybernis or Kubernis, also abbreviated KUB on his coins in Lycian, called Cyberniscus son of Sicas by Herodotus, was a dynast of Lycia, at the beginning of the time it was under the domination of the
Harpy Tomb
…topped a tall pillar and was decorated with marble panels carved in bas-relief. The tomb was built for an Iranian prince or governor of Xanthus, perhaps Kybernis. The marble chamber is carved in the Greek Archaic style. Along with much other material in Xanthos it is heavily influenced by Greek art, but there…
Depiction of the Lycian ruler Kybernis (520–480 BCE) on his tomb (the "Harpy Tomb", British Museum).
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