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Xanthos
Xanthos was the chief city of ancient Lycia, on the Xanthos (Eşen) river in south-western Turkey. Herodotus says its citizens destroyed themselves rather than surrender to the Persian general Harpagus around 540 BCE, and the city later raised the pillar tombs of the Lycian dynasts, including the Inscribed Pillar with the longest Lycian text. With nearby Letoon it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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