I kind of already
had a card from this UNESCO site but it was a card with a view of this place and
another differente place. I wasn't totally happy with that card but last december i've got a great card sent by Onder and a few days ago another great card from the same place (the sunset view), sent by Nihan. Now i'm really happy with these cards.
Nemrut is a
2,134 m (7,001 ft) high 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.
The mountain lies 40 km (25 mi) north of Kahta, near Adıyaman. In 62 BC, King
Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary
flanked by huge statues (8–9 m or 26–30 ft high) of himself, two lions, two
eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Hercules-Vahagn,
Zeus-Aramazd or Oromasdes (associated with the Iranian god Ahura Mazda), Tyche,
and Apollo-Mithras.
These statues were once seated, with names of each god inscribed on them. The
heads of the statues have at some stage been removed from their bodies, and they
are now scattered throughout the site.
The pattern of damage to the heads (notably
to noses) suggests that they were deliberately damaged as a result of
iconoclasm. The statues have not been restored to their original positions. -
in: wikipedia
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