Nemrut Dağı is a 2,134 m high mountain, notable for its summit - TopicsExpress



          

Nemrut Dağı is a 2,134 m high mountain, notable for its summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by 8-9 m high statues of himself, lions, eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Hercules-Vahagn, Zeus-Aram...
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:51:46 +0000

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