Search Results: Mount Nemrut

Set within the Anti-Taurus mountain range in southeastern Turkey, beyond the borders of Adiyaman, is the archaeological wonder of Mount Nemrut. Forgotten for centuries, the spellbinding peak of Nemrut Dagi (its Turkish name) has since managed...

The Kingdom of Commagene (163 BCE - 72 CE) was a Hellenistic political entity, heavily influenced by Armenian and ancient Persian culture and traditions, established in southwestern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) by Ptolemaeus of Commagene...

Overview of the thrones and the heads of the gods on the eastern terrace of Mount Nemrut. From left to right: King Antiochus I, Commagene-Fortuna, Zeus-Oromasdes, Apollo-Mithras and Hercules. Mount Nemrut (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı) is one of...

Mount Nemrut is a monumental site belonging to the Kingdom of Commagene, a small, independent Armenian kingdom that was formed in 162 BCE. This was a period during which the once mighty Seleucid Empire was beginning to disintegrate, allowing...

Mount Nemrut and King Antiochus, Commagene Kingdom, The most detailed documentary!

Head of King Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70 - c. 38 BCE) on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.

Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on the western terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now southeastern...

Overview of the colossal heads on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now south-eastern...

Relief of the famous Lion Horoscope from the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut. It depicts a lion with stars on his body and a crescent moon on his chest. It has been argued that the scene might represent a kind of horoscope, one of the oldest...

The start of the 600-metre climb to the top of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.