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Tomb of Payava
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The Tomb of Payava is a Lycian tall rectangular free-standing barrel-vaulted stone sarcophagus, and one of the most famous tombs of Xanthos. It was built in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, for Payava,
Upper part of Payava's tomb in the British Museum
Upper part of Payava's tomb in the British Museum
Reconstruction drawing of the Payava tomb by Viollet-le-Duc.
Reconstruction drawing of the Payava tomb by Viollet-le-Duc.
Original base of the Payava sarcophagus (front view).
Original base of the Payava sarcophagus (front view).
Original base of the Payava sarcophagus (back view).
Original base of the Payava sarcophagus (back view).
Lycia
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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
Tomb of Payava
…The Tomb of Payava is a Lycian tall rectangular free-standing barrel-vaulted stone sarcophagus, and one of the most famous tombs of Xanthos. It was built in the Achaemenid Persian…
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan
Partial reconstruction of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos in Lycia, c. 390–380 BC.
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.
Inscribed Xanthian Obelisk (c. 400 BC), a funerary pillar for a sarcophagus that probably belonged to Dynast Kheriga.
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan.
Lycian rock cut tombs of Dalyan.