Unearthing the Mysteries of Nemrut Dağ, Turkey's Easter Island

Easter Island isn't the only place in the world with massive, mysterious and ancient stone faces. On the highest peak of eastern Turkey's Taurus mountains, sits Nemrut Dağ. In 62 B.C., King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene ordered the construction of this site—which contains a temple, a tomb and a house of gods—to commemorate himself. The tomb is flanked by 30-foot statues of the king, as well as pairs of lions, eagles and various gods. At one point, the heads of these sculptures sat on top of the stone bodies, but they now lie scattered throughout the site. Lost for centuries, Nemrut Dağ was excavated in 1883. Now, it sits as a testament to an ancient culture and the grand ambitions of a self-obsessed king.

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[MaelwysMyrddin]

"A temple to... Himself." Excellent :p

[BeautySavesWorld]

Monumental statues of the Pantheon of the Armenian Gods at Mount Nemrut. From Left to Right . Lion, Eagle, Tir, Anahit, Aramazd, Mihr, Vahagn, Eagle, Lion.

The eagle and lion are ancient Armenian symbols dating from the first Armenian kingdoms that existed prior to Christ. These symbols are found on the Armenian Highland from times immemorial.They have always been represented throughout various Armenian dynasties including, Aramian, Orontid (Yervanduni), Artaxiad (Artashessian), Arsacid (Arshakuni), Bagratid, Rubenid and many others.

In Armenian Kingdom of Kamakh (Commagene) the row of statues starts with a lion and eagle statue. The lion, the king of animals, represents earthly power, and the eagle, herald of the gods, represents heavenly. Traditional themes of Eagles and Lions trademark to Armenian imagery and identification.

The largest things on the Armenian coat of arms are the two animals: a lion and an eagle. They were chosen because of their power, nobility, wisdom, patience, and bravery.

[tmoneybags]

This video fails to mention that the same statues appear on the east and west sides of the man-made mound of crushed limestone.

[MartinTabanag]

you guys inspire me to continue making stories. thanks

[Applied_Mathemagics]

You guys are amazing keep up the good work

[theepicsealshow]

mystery? its called a hammer and a chisel

[deathrattle]

They were decapitated for a reason! I'm so bothered what the heck why did they remove their

[BeautySavesWorld]

Mountain with Armenian Gods is named Nemrut after the story of Hayk and Nimrod (Bel).

"In this very country, passing through Hayots-Dzor, an Armenian recalled his ancestor Hayk and his struggle against the Titans. He was showing to his sons the Mount Nemrut, where our ancestor Hayk raised the corpse of Nimrod, whom he defeated. To show the arrogance of this titan to his countrymen, he nailed his body to the top of the mountain and burned it. And up to these days, petrified camels are still standing at the foot of the mountain, which carried on their back supplies for the army of Nimrod and at the behest of the Armenian God were petrified here. The Armenian always proudly recalls the victory of his ancestor, the hero Hayk and he proudly thinks that he is a descendant of a great man, who was descended of the gods. "

[nachin]

Somehow Turkiye never ceases to amaze me!!! Love from Chile🗿

[meltingice]

I just love the way she says "Nemrut"

[emillyc]

how does this channel just keep popping up great quality videos im confused

[bp]

Nemrut dağı* (like the german h, ğ is not pronounced)


Im impressed, first time seeing a non turk correctly pronounce ğ

[AldoOjeda]

When I this episodes I'm like "OMG, I want to go there" but then I think that they filmed when it was closed and that it will actually be filled with tourists.

[Omegajunior]

Janey Mack that ancient place in Turkey 🇹🇷 sure looks absolutely amazing.
Good evening from Ireland 🇮🇪

[SpartanLeonidas]

The inscription of 🇬🇷 Antiochos I Theos from this site:

After taking over my father's dominion, I announced, in the piety of my thought, that the kingdom subject to my throne should be the common dwelling place of all the gods, in that by means of every kind of art I decorated the representations of their form, as the ancient lore of *Persians and of GREEKS* 🇬🇷 - *the fortunate roots of MY ANCESTRY* had handed them down (to us), and honoured them with sacrifices and festivals, as was the primitive rule and the common custom of all mankind; in addition my own just consideration has further devised still other and especially brilliant honors.

[IshkhanyanRafael]

These are heads of Aramazd, Mihr (Armenian versions of Ahura Mazda and Mithra) and other Zoroastrian gods.

[asianchen]

Ahh, another life's great mysteries. I always get so intrigued hearing that.

[luddity]

why no mention of what's inside the tomb itself?

[BeautySavesWorld]

Antiochus I of Armenian Ervanduni Dynasty. King of Armenian Kingdom of Kamakh (better known through its Greek name Commagene). His great-great grandfather was King of Armenia Ervanduni IV (Orontes IV). Kamakh is mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions as "Kumukhu" part of ARME.

Antiochus practised astrology of a very esoteric kind, and laid the basis for a calendrical reform, by linking the Kamakh-Commagene year, which till then had been based on the movements of the Sun and Moon, to the Sothic-Anahit (Star of Sirius) and Hayk (Star of Orion) cycle used by the Egyptians as the basis of their calendar.

The name of the dynasty Ervand is derived from the Sumerian (Armenoids by anthropology) name Urbanda.
This name is found in well-known Hittite inscription that speaks about Naram Sin's 17 enemies; it occupies the 15 the place in that list of kings.

Urbanda (Ervanduni) family has been one of the most important of the Nairian-Subarian tribes, who being in constant conflict with Assyria, had formed the tribal union of Uriatri which, under continuous Assyrian pressure, was forced to move its administrative centre to the north, near lake Van, and constituted the nucleus of the future powerful Armenian Kingdom of Van (Ararat-Urartu) Kingdom.

[DistrustHumans]

"lost until it was rediscovered by an archeologist in 1881..." who was led to it by the local people who never lost it.