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Cig kofte / Turkish Traditional Food. Traditional Turkish Raw Meat Royalty Free Stock Photo

Historical site Perre in Adiyaman, Turkey Royalty Free Stock Photo

Sunset from Nemrut Mountain, Komagene Kingdom, AdÃÂ±yaman, Turkey

Ancient epigraph on wall in Arsemia ancient city of Adiyaman, Turkey Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ancient epigraph on wall in Arsemia ancient city of Adiyaman Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cig kofte, a raw meat dish in Turkish and Armenian cuisines. Turkish cig means raw and kofte means meatball Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut DaÃÅ¸ÃÂ± ; Armenian: Ãâ ÃÂ¥ÃÂ´Ãâ¬ÃÂ¸ÃâÃÂ© ÃÂ¬ÃÂ¥ÃÂ¼) 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 AdÃÂ±yaman. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues 8Ã¢â¬â9 m (26Ã¢â¬â30 ft) high of himself, two lions, two eagles and various Greek, Armenian, and Iranian gods, such as Vahagn-Hercules, Aramazd-Zeus or Oromasdes (associated with the Iranian god Ahura Mazda), Bakht-Tyche, and Mihr-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.