More than 200 rock tombs pockmark the hillside here, remnants of what was once one of the Commagene Kingdom's major centres. The site retained its importance during the Roman and Byzantine eras before being abandoned. A rambling walkway leads around the necropolis, which contains a diverse mix of tomb styles from simple niches to vast multiroom catacomb vaults. It's 5km north of central Adıyaman.
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2.46 MILES
Adıyaman's small museum may be dusty and old-fashioned, but it holds a good collection of small finds from local sites including from many salvage…
16.38 MILES
This large burial mound was built in 36 BC. It's ringed by a handful of remaining columns. An eagle tops a column at the car park, a headless bull tops…
19.27 MILES
This magnificent humpback Roman bridge, spanning the Cendere River, was built in the 2nd century AD. The surviving Latin stelae state that the bridge was…
21.76 MILES
This graceful Seljuk-era bridge is known locally as Şeytan Köprüsü (Devil's Bridge) and is worth a stop for the surrounding scenery. Below it runs the…
21.92 MILES
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21.96 MILES
Take the winding path from the road up the hillside to view the remnants of the ancient Commagene capital of Arsameia, passing stelae, stone reliefs and…
27.26 MILES
Nemrut Dağı's famous statues sit on two terraces flanking Antiochus I's giant gravel-covered, mountaintop burial mound. Their 2m-high heads, toppled from…