Arsemia Ören Yeri

Summer capital of the Kingdom of Commagene, founded c. 260 BC by King Arsames on the Nymphaios River near modern Adiyaman, Turkey. The site features a hierothesion (sacred tomb) built by Antiochus I for his father Mithridates I Kallinikos, with three dexiosis reliefs showing kings shaking hands with deities. It contains the longest known Greek inscription in Anatolia, detailing founding rites in five columns, and a 160-meter tunnel of unknown purpose. Discovered in 1951 by Friedrich Karl Dorner.

TypeTemple complex
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryTürkiye
Coordinates37.9462° N, 38.6555° E

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