Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut
Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT · CC BY 2.0

Mount Nemrut is a 2,134-metre-high (7,001 ft) mountain in southeastern Turkey, featuring massive carved statues at its summit surrounding a royal tomb dating to the 1st century BC[1]. The statues, all beheaded, remain unrestored. It is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains[1].

TypeMegalithic statues
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryTürkiye
Coordinates37.9810° N, 38.7412° E

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