Xanthos excavations turned over to Turkish archaeologists - Hurriyet Daily News
Some politics here..."due to the slow progress under the guidance of French teams." Also some sniping about the British stealing stuff in the 19th century. Actually, the article has some good background on the city of Xanthos and its ancient history. Note that, since this was (at one time) a Greek city in what is now Turkey, the comments section turns into racist sniping between Greeks, Turks, and (why not?) Macedonians.
[Once again, I would like to make it perfectly clear to the world that I take no position on the status of modern Macedonia.] Doesn't anyone want to speak up for the Hittites? Or Lycians? No Lycian nationalist movement out there?
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