Ancient site· Tatvan, Bitlis
Mount Nemrut
Nemrut Dağı
Antiochus I's 2,150-metre tomb mountain ringed with 8-metre gods whose faces fell off in a 6th-century quake.
Story
Antiochus I of Commagene built his own funerary mountain in the 1st century BC — a 50-metre-high tumulus piled on top of a 2,150-metre peak, ringed by 8-metre statues of Greek and Persian gods seated together. The heads fell off in a 6th-century earthquake; they're now lined up at the foot of their own bodies, expressions intact.
Did you know
- Antiochus claimed descent from Darius the Great on his mother's side and Alexander on his father's.
- The site was lost for nearly 1,800 years before German engineer Karl Sester rediscovered it in 1881.
- Sunrise on the eastern terrace lights the tumulus pink — the photo every traveler comes for.
Practical info
- Location
- 38.6226°N · 42.2467°E
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