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The eastern side of the Tumulus of Karakus with two columns still standing upright. One column has traces of a relief, the other is decorated with an animal sculpture. The Tumulus of Karakus is a funerary monument (hierothesion) of the Commagene...

The Galatea nymph fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Completed in 1512 CE, the work is part of a series of frescoes with a mythological theme painted by Raphael in Rome’s Villa Farnesina.

The Tumulus of Karakus with the eagle on top of the south column. The Tumulus of Karakus is a funerary monument (hierothesion) of the Commagene Royal Family, located in the Kahta district of Adiyaman Province in Eastern Turkey. 1st century...

The square and stepped altar platform located at the eastern side of the East Terrace of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.

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...

A 20th-century CE painting depicting the Ertugrul Cavalry Regiment (named after the father of Osman (r. 1299-1326 CE), the founder of the Ottoman Empire) of the Ottoman Mansure (Victorious) army that had replaced the obsolete janissaries...

Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), also known as Suleiman the Lawgiver, oil on canvas by Tiziano, c. 1530 CE. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

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

An Ottoman court artist's impression of the Hungarian King John Sigismund Szapolyai (r. 1540-1551 CE; 1556-1570 CE) paying homage to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificient (r. 1520-1566 CE), in 1556 CE at Zemun (part of modern-day...

Map of Asia Minor in the early 1st century CE with the Kingdom of Commagene as a Roman client state.