Arsemia Ören Yeri

Arsameia on the Nymphaios is an ancient city located in Old Kâhta (Eski Kâhta) in Kâhta district, Adıyaman Province, Turkey [1]. The site is near Kâhtaçay, known in ancient times as Nymphaios [1]. Arsameia was a royal seat of the kingdom of Commagene [1]. The ancient town of Nymphaios was renamed Arsameia in the third century BCE by the Armenian king Arsames (255–225 BCE) [1]. Apart from the Hierothesion which Antiochos himself built on Nemrut Dağı, and the second one on Karakuş which his son Mithridates II built for the female members of the royal house, a third is to be found in Arsameia, the burial site and the associated cultic area for Antiochus' father Mithridates [1].