Nemrut Dagi - Stone Heads (Turkey Country)

nemrut dagi - stone heads (turkey country), heads, mount nemrut, nemrut dagi, nemrut dağı, sculptures, statues, tumulus
◀ swipe or tap left / right ▶
◀ use left / right keys ▶

Nemrut Dagi - Stone Heads (Turkey Country)

 Download JPG image

Colossal and enigmatic scultures scattered around a huge tumulus at the top of "Nemrut Dağı" (mount Nemrut, Turkey).

This is believed to be the tomb of the 1st century BC Commagene king Antiochus I Epiphanes.

For more information about this place, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nemrut.

For more information about the Commagene kingdom, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Commagene.

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on September 27, 2006
02400 Adıyaman Province, Turkey
GPS coordinates: 37.980307,38.740142 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)
▼ Display maps with photo location