Nemrut Dağı

Mount Nemrut Dağı

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

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Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras

Antiochus I of Commagene shakes Mithras hands in this relief from the Nemrut Dagi temple.

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Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

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Lion relief from Nemrut Dağı

The lion relief from Nemrut Dag has the moon and several stars over his body.

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Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

Dynastic inscription of Antiochus I from Nemrud Dağı

Great royal inscription of Antiochus I of Commagene carved on the thrones at Nemrud Dağı, invoking Apollo-Mithras-Helios among the guardian deities of the kingdom, 69–34 B.C.

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