Lycians is the name of various peoples who lived, at different times, in Lycia, a geopolitical area in Anatolia.
A Lycian warrior, fresco from Kizilbel, Lycia, c. 525 BCE
The Lycian Payava as depicted on his tomb. The Lycian inscription runs: "Payava, son of Ad[...], secretary of A[...]rah, by race a Lycian ...". 375–360 BCE.
Lycian tomb relief at Myra, 4th century BCE.
Horsemen, on the tomb of Pericles, last Lycian ruler.
Lycia was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the provinces of Antalya and Muğla in Turkey as well some inland parts of Burdur Province. The region was known to history from the Late Bronze Age records of ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire.
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan
Partial reconstruction of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos in Lycia, c. 390–380 BC.
Inscribed Xanthian Obelisk (c. 400 BC), a funerary pillar for a sarcophagus that probably belonged to Dynast Kheriga.
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan.