Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on Mount Nemrut

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Carole Raddato
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Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on the western terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now southeastern Turkey.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2020, August 18). Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on Mount Nemrut. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12584/head-of-hercules-artagnes-ares-on-mount-nemrut/

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