Karakus Tumulus

Karakus Tumulus is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30–20 BCE, near the modern village of Çukurtaş in Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The column collapsed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. Karakuş means “black bird”. The monument received this name because there is a column topped by an eagle. Karakus Tumulus located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) […]

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Severan Bridge

Severan Bridge (also known as Chabinas Bridge or Cendere Bridge or Septimius Severus Bridge; Turkish: Cendere Köprüsü) is a late Roman bridge located near the ancient city of Arsameia (today Eskikale), 55 km (34 mi) north east of Adıyaman in southeastern Turkey. It spans the Cendere Çayı (Chabinas Creek), a tributary of Kâhta Creek, on provincial road 02-03 from Kâhta to Sincik in Adıyaman Province. This bridge was described and pictured in 1883 by archeologists Osman Hamdi Bey and Osgan Efendi. It is also […]

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Arsameia Ancient City

Arsameia Ancient City, It wasn’t until 1951 that the ancient city of Arsameia was discovered. It only became known after researchers analyzed what they found in the center of the city: a tablet with an inscription. The founder of Arsameia is named as Arsemes, who was a paternal ancestor of Antiochus I and lived around the […]

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Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134-metre-high (7,001 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 added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site […]

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