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Nemrut Vulcano
Nemrut or Nemrud may refer to: * Mount Nemrut, in southeastern Turkey * Nemrut (volcano), in eastern Turkey ** Lake Nemrut * Mustafa Yamulki (1866–1936), also known as "Nemrud" Mustafa Pasha, Kurdish military officer * ''Nemrud'', a 1979 Turkish film featuring Ali Şen Ali Şen (26 December 1918 – 15 December 1989) was a Turkish people, Turkish actor, father of the actor Şener Şen. He was born in Adana, Ottoman Empire and died in Istanbul, Turkey. Filmografisi * 1934: Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı * 1935: ... See also * * * Nimrud (other) * Nimrod (other) * Nemrut Bay, a port in Turkey {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Nemrut
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud (; ; ; Greek language, Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) is a 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 List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey, UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Location and description The mountain lies north of Kahta, near Adıyaman. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues of himself, two lions, two eagles, and various composite Greek mythology, Greek and Zoroastrianism, Iranian gods, such as Heracles-Artagnes-Ares, Zeus-Oromasdes, and Apollo-Mithras-Helios-Hermes. When constructing this pantheon, Antiochus drew heavily from Parthian and Armenians, Armenian traditions in order to reinvigorate the religion of his ancestral dynasty. The statues were once se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemrut (volcano)
Nemrut (, ''Sarakn'', "Mountain spring", , ) is a dormant volcano in Tatvan district, Bitlis province, Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van. The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC. There is Lake Nemrut in the crater of the mountain. The most powerful eruptions of Nemrut occurred in the Pleistocene. Many small eruptions occurred during the Holocene, the last in 1650. The top of the volcano is a large caldera hosting three crater lakes. Overview Nemrut is a polygenetic stratovolcano located in the collision zone of the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which determines the seismic and volcanic activity in the region. The collision of these plates began in the Middle Eocene and closed the stretch of water, which in the Mesozoic formed the Tethys Ocean. Nemrut, along with three other volcanoes of eastern Turkey: Ararat, Tendürek and Süphan, is located in the area of a complex fault, which runs along the boundary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
