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These are the mountainsides of Mt. Nemrut ( Mt. Nemrud Mountain) which is 2150 m high, situated in the Kahta- Adıyaman province. During 80 B.C.-72 A.D., the Kommagene Kingdom reigned on the lands in the Adıyaman region. The God and the King Statues and reliefs are the remains of the Tumulus and Hierothesion of King Antioches I of Kommanege, who reigned during 69-36 B.C. These remains were discovered in 1881 by a German road construction engineer, Karl Sester. These were restored in 1984 and the region was declared a National Park in 1989. The remains are on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
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