Mount Nemrut

Nemrut Mountain is located South of Malatya (75km) or North of Kahta (50km), Adıyaman in SE Turkey. The statues were found in 1881 by Kral Sester, a German archeologist. In 1987, Nemrut mountain was made a world heritage site by Unesco and immediatly after the area was declared a national park by the Turkish Ministry of Forest.

At the cone shape summit of this 2,200m elevated mountain one can find statues mythical figures of Apollon, Zeus, Hercules and others. The statues stare at you silenty more than 2000 years. More statues on the Western side than the East side. The altar is located on the east site. These statues were carved around 63 B.C during the reign of Antiochus-I, the emperor of the Commagene King. Here you can wonder around the cone shape, a man made summit, where Antiochus's tumules was located which were hidded under the man made limestone dome.

It is amazing to watch the sun sets and sun rises at the summit. However, the sun rise is very cold, make sure that you have thick sleeping bags or blankets from the hotel you stay in, even in the hot summer days.

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