Nemrut Dag Milli Parki, Mount Nemrut With Ancient Statues Heads Of King Anf Gods Stock Photography

Nemrut or Nemrud Turkish: Nemrut Dag high mountain in southeastern Turkey, near Adiyaman, 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 BC. King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues of himself, two lions, two eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Vahagn-Hercules, Aramazd-Zeus or Oromasdes (associated with the Iranian god Ahura Mazda), Bakht-Tyche, and Mihr-Apollo-Mithras.