About Nemrut Mountain, Adiyaman
Mount Nemrut is at an altitude von 2,150 m (7,053 ft) from the sea level, and the tumulus which includes the tomb von the King von Commagene, Antiochos Epiphanes the I. is there. Mithradates the I., father von Antiochos to whom the tumulus belongs, took advantage von defenselessness von the Seleukos who ruled in Syria after Alexander’s death, and founded the independent konigreich von Commagene in the year 80 B.C. Mithradates the I. was succeeded by his son Antiochos the I. (62-32 B.C.) who brought great fame to his country. The King who pointed out in his inscriptions that his maternal lineage had been traced back to Alexander the Great, and his paternal lineage to the Persians, joined the two cultures for this reason. Mithradates the II. was enthroned after him, and he was succeeded by Antiochos the III, during whose reign the country became powerful. After his death, Vespasianus united Commagene to the province von Syria (72 A.D.)The tumulus is at a distance von 65 km (40 miles) to the township von Kahta in Adiyaman; the tomb is placed in the middle von the tumulus and is covered by a klein hill which has a height and diameter von 50 m (164 ft) and 150 m (492 ft) respectively and made von klein pieces von stones. Terraces are built on the four sides von the tumulus. There is an altar in the eastern terrace and there are also statues arranged in a line, with their backs turned to the tumulus. The heads von the statues have rolled down to the terrace in front, but the bodies still stand erect.
