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Nemrud dagi (2)
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General view of the east terrace. Photo Marco Prins. General view of the east terrace. The heads are (from left to right) of Apollo, Tyche, Zeus/Ahuramazda, king Antiochus, and Heracles. The gods are sitting on thrones, because the mountain is their home. The king presents himself as one of them. The statues were 8 to 10 meters high.
General view of the east terrace. Photo Marco Prins. General view of the east terrace. 
The statue of Hercules on the eastern terrace. Photo Marco Prins. The statue of Heracles on the eastern terrace.
The heads of the statues on the eastern terrace. Photo Marco Prins. The heads of the statues on the eastern terrace: from left to right an ornamental eagle, Apollo, and Tyche.
The heads of king Antiochus and Heracles. Photo Marco Prins. The heads of king Antiochus and Heracles.
Fumigation altars, dedicated to the ancestors of Antiochus. Photo Marco Prins. Fumigation altars, dedicated to the (Macedonian) ancestors of Antiochus, who claimed to descend from Alexander the Great. In the background, the Euphrates.
Relief showing on of Antiochus' Persian ancestors. Photo Marco Prins. Relief showing on of Antiochus' Achaemenid ancestors. The stone originates from a quarry at the foot of the mountain.
The big altar on the eastern terrace. Photo Marco Prins. The big fire altar on the eastern terrace.
Lion, guarding the altar on the eastern terrace. Photo Marco Prins. Lion, guarding the altar on the eastern terrace.
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