Nemrut Dagi, Turkey

This tumble of temples and statuary on a tawny peak in the Anti-Taurus mountain range is the burial ground of King Antiochus I Theos, who ruled the Commagene kingdom between 64 and 38 BC. Antiochus built two temples and what is assumed to be his burial tumulus. To glorify his rule, he had three terraces carved into the hillside and adorned with statues of himself.

Tourism Nemrut Dagi, Turkey
Tourism Nemrut Dagi, Turkey

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134-metre-high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains. Wikipedia

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