Currently, it is in the district of Fethiye in Muğla Province, located in the Aegean region of Turkey.

Modern Fethiye is located on the site of the Ancient Roman, then Hellenoroman, city of Telmessos, with the Tomb of Amyntas located in the south side of the city in the mountainside, in the base of the mountain.

The impressive looking tomb was built in 350 BCE, and was named after the Greek inscription on the side of it which reads "Amyntou tou Ermagiou", which translated to English means "Amyntas, son of Hermagios".

[1] The tomb was built by the Lycians, the people who lived in this satrapy of the Persian Empire at the time.

The Lycians were a tightly knit confederation of independent city-states, including Telmessos.