The Nereid Monument, British Museum

The Nereid Monument, British Museum

About Fethiye > History of Fethiye > Lycian

Lycian Language and Graphology	Lycian Government
Lycian Religion	Cults of Lycia and Important Deities
Social and Economic Life	The Lycian Coast and the Scourge of Piracy
Lycian Until 189 B.C.	The Discovery of Lycia and Current Research Charles Fellows
Who Were the Lycians?	The Nereid Monument, British Museum
The Lycians’ Origins	Recent Discoveries In Lycia
Lycia’s History - A Struggle For Freedom	Lycian Tombs
The Land of Lycia	Lycian Sites

In 1843 Fellows returned to Lycia to complete his excavations and was later knighted by Queen Victoria on May 7, 1845 at St. James's Palace. Many of his finds can still be seen in the British Museum today - the Xanthian Room has always been among the most popular in the museum. All of Fellows’ excursions were painstakingly recorded and beautifully illustrated. The details of his account and beautiful illustrations (see picture above) can be seen in the excellent book Xanthus, Travels of Discovery in Turkey by Enid Slatter.

Fellows' work was very influential and during the next decade Lycia was the focus for a number of surveys done by European geographers, naturalists and archaeologists. Some were sent specifically by their governments to find ancient sculptures to put in their museums.

Battle Scene Relief on the Nereid Monument, British Museum
(Amazon women fighting "barbarians")