5116 x 3425 px | 43,3 x 29 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
6 settembre 2006
Ubicazione:
Adiyaman,Turkey
Altre informazioni:
Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2, 134 m 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 BCE.The mountain lies 40 km north of Kahta, near Adiyaman.Kings of the Kommagene dynasty from 80 B.C. to 72. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues (8/9 m high) of himself, two lions, two eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Hercules-Vahagn, Zeus-Aramazd or Oromasdes (associated with the Iranian god Ahura Mazda), Tyche, and Apollo-Mithras. These statues were once seated, with names of each god inscribed on them. The heads of the statues have at some stage been removed from their bodies, and they are now scattered throughout the site.The statues have not been restored to their original positions. The site also preserves stone slabs with bas-relief figures that are thought to have formed a large frieze. These slabs display the ancestors of Antiochus, who included both Greek and Persians.In 1987, Mount Nemrut was made a World heritage site by UNESCO.
