Mount Nemrut

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Mount Nemrut or Nemrud (Nemrut Dağı, Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrûdê) is a 2,150-metre-high (7, 054 ft) mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

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