One of the statues at Mt Nemrut in the Taurus Mountains in Eastern Turkey.

One of the statues at Mt Nemrut in the Taurus Mountains in Eastern Turkey. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary on the mountain flanked by huge statues of himself, two lions, two eagles, and various Greek and Persian gods, such as Heracles, Zeus and Apollo

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