Archaeological Site · Adıyaman
Mount Nemrut
Mountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı; Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrûdê; Armenian: Նեմրութ լեռ; Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) 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. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains.
It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
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Nearby places
The closest 8 places around Mount Nemrut; sorted without regard to province borders.
Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.
Tille Höyük
Tille Höyük is an archaeological site in Geldibuldu village in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey.
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Ancoz
Ancoz is the name used in academic literature for an ancient settlement, which is located below the Atatürk Reservoir in the modern state of Turkey.
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Adıyaman Archaeological Museum
Adıyaman Archaeological Museum is an archaeology museum in Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey.
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Karakuş
The Karakuş Tumulus (also Karakush) is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by…
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Perrhe
Perrhe was an ancient city in the kingdom of Commagene. The remains of the city are located in the modern suburb of Örenli (previously the village…
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