The site

Mount Nemrut is a 2,150-metre peak in southeastern Turkey, among the highest in the eastern Taurus range, crowned by an extraordinary summit sanctuary of the kingdom of Commagene. Large stone statues stand ringed around what is thought to be a royal tomb of the 1st century BCE. This dramatic mountaintop monument is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Field notes

civilizations

Commagene

types

Tumulus · Sanctuary

occupied

62 BCE — 30 BCE

country

Türkiye

elevation

2,150 m above sea level