Photo: “Nemrut Dağı 13”, Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized for the web.
TÜRKIYE · 1ST CENTURY BC
Mount Nemrut
Nemrut
Antiochus I, who ruled Commagene from 69 to 34 BC, built this burial mound and its statue-lined terraces; few Hellenistic works were planned on such a scale. The gods portrayed here merge Greek and Persian figures, showing that the kingdom drew on both cultures.
- Original name
- Nemrut
- Country
- Türkiye
- Period
- 1st century BC
- Civilisation
- Hellenistic
- UNESCO
- On the World Heritage List
- Location
- 37.9808° N, 38.7410° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps
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A QUESTION FROM THE ROAD
Which king’s tumulus stands on Mount Nemrut?
The answer, and all of the city’s lessons, are in the app.