Easter Island isn't the only place in the world with massive, mysterious and ancient stone faces. On the highest peak of eastern Turkey's Taurus mountains, sits Nemrut Dag. In 62 B.C., King Antiochus ...

Nemrut Dag and its colossal statues and ancient tombs, date back to the 1st century BC. It came into prominence during the reign of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. He built this place to honor ...

People visit the tomb-sanctuary on Mount Nemrut in Adiyaman Province, Turkey, on June 7, 2022. Mount Nemrut (Nemrut Dag) was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987. On Mount Nemrut, the ...

Nemrut Dag is an immense artistic and technological achievement — but it is also evidence of a fertile cultural mix, with Antiochus planting himself firmly in a pantheon of Greek and Persian gods.

The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake.

Paris (AFP) – The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake and warned several others may also ...