Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,150-metre-high (7,054 ft) mountain in southeastern Turkey, 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 [1]. At some point the heads of the statues were removed from their bodies, and they are now scattered throughout the site [1]. The religious sanctuary established in Mount Nemrut was part of Antiochus' political program to revive the Persian traditions of Commagene [1]. The site was excavated in 1881 by Karl Sester [1]. Subsequent excavations have failed to reveal the tomb of Antiochus [1].