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Nemrud dagi (4)
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King Antiochus shaking hands with Heracles. Photo Marco Prins. King Antiochus shaking hands with Heracles. There are several friezes like this one on the western terrace.
King Antiochus shaking hands with Apollo. Photo Marco Prins. King Antiochus shaking hands with Apollo. 
One of the Macedonian ancestors of Antiochus. Photo Marco Prins. One of the Macedonian ancestors of Antiochus. His mother, Laodice VII Thea Philadelphus, was a decendant of both Seleucus I Nicator and Ptolemy I Soter.
The constellation of the Lion, with the moon and several planets. Photo Marco Prins. The constellation of the Lion, with the moon and several planets. This was the omen of the day of accession of Antiochus' father Mithradates I Callinicus, 14 July 109 BCE.
A modern rendering of the celestial omen. A modern rendering of the celestial omen.
One of the inscriptions on the western terrace. Photo Marco Prins. One of the inscriptions on the western terrace.
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