Ancient site· Tatvan, Bitlis
Mount Nemrut
Nemrut Dağı
Mount Nemrut is a ancient site in Tatvan, Bitlis; Antiochus I's 2,150-metre tomb mountain ringed with 8-metre gods whose faces fell off in a 6th-century quake.
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- 38.6226°N · 42.2467°E
Antiochus I's 2,150-metre tomb mountain ringed with 8-metre gods whose faces fell off in a 6th-century quake.
Editor's Note
Nemrut is a dormant volcano in the Tatvan district of Bitlis Province in Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van and largely within the bounds of Ahlat. It is named after King Nimrod, who is said to have ruled this area around 2100 BC.
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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.
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