Commagene kingdom overview

There are five sites in reasonably close proximity: you can visit all five in a day if you have a car:

  • Nemrut Dağı*

  • Arsameia

  • Eski Kahta*

  • Karakuş tumulus

  • Cendere bridge*

Details and photos are on the following pages.

The first four of these were built by the Commagenes, the fifth is a Roman bridge from around 200 AD. There’s a wonderful mountain road leading from Arsameia to Nemrut Dağı: you might overheat your engine on the way up or suffer brake fade coming back down, but worth it for the views.

*: The photos of these sites are from autumn 1983 and spring 2021.

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