Nereid monument

My dear Peter,

A very beautiful picture here! An example from Tombs in Xanthos.

The reconstructed façade of the monument in the British Museum

Reconstitution of the original Nereid Monument, originally set on a high base.

Original location of the Nereid Monument, in Xanthos, Lycia, modern Turkey.

"The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia (then part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire), close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC (circa 390 BC) as a tomb for Arbinas (Lycian: Erbbina, or Erbinna), the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia under the Achaemenid Empire"

Love Fğsun
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My dear Füsun,

Thank you so much for visiting this ancient monument!
As we saw in Ephesus and Pergamon, there is a big Greek influence in Turkey from those times.
The two countries are very close to each other!
I am so happy that you read all the information about it! You know more than I do!

Love Peter
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Your beautiful capture is greatly admired
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