so tell me about mount nemrut. what do i need to know?e, karl sester and otto puchstein in 1881. and when they first arrived here, they were shocked because they were expecting to see assyrian monuments. and then they realised that actually, there is something very different and actually, greek and persian cultures are uniting in mount nemrut. wow! so creating something unique? yeah, something unique. this religious sanctuary shows the greek gods zeus and apollo and hercules the hero with greek faces, but persian clothing and hairstyling. alongside these composite deities is antiochus i, the king of the commagene empire. it's a small empire. it survived for 234 years on the western part of the euphrates river. during his reign, the kingdom was very, very rich, so he was the most powerful. they have the golden age. king antiochus i wanted to show his richness and his power. so he's like a godlike figure. so this whole thing is really a statement of power? yeah, a statement of power. he wanted to be unforgettable, you know? ah—ha. yes. well

so tell me about mount nemrut. what do i need to know? here, karl sester and otto puchstein in 1881. and when they first arrived here, they were shocked because they were expecting to see assyrian monuments. and then they realised that actually there is something very different and actually greek and persian cultures are uniting in mount nemrut. wow. so creating something unique? yeah, something unique. this religious sanctuary shows the greek gods zeus and apollo and hercules the hero with greek faces but persian clothing and hairstyling. alongside these composite deities is antiochus i, the king of the commagene empire. it's a small empire. it survived for 234 years on the western part of the euphrates river. during his reign, the kingdom was very, very rich, so he was the most powerful. they have the golden age. king antiochus i wanted to show his richness and his power. so he's like a godlike figure. so this whole thing is really a statement of power. yeah, a statement of power. he wanted to be unforgettable, you know? aha. yes. well,

so tell me about mount nemrut. what do i need to know?s arrive here, karl sester and otto puchstein in 1881. and when they first arrived here, they were shocked because they were expecting to see assyrian monuments. and then they realised that actually there is something very different and actually greek and persian cultures are uniting in mount nemrut. wow. so creating something unique? yeah, something unique. this religious sanctuary shows the greek gods zeus and apollo and hercules the hero with greek faces but persian clothing and hairstyling. alongside these composite deities is antiochus i, the king of the commagene empire. it's a small empire. it survived for 234 years on the western part of the euphrates river. during his reign, the kingdom was very, very rich, so he was the most powerful. they have the golden age. king antiochus i wanted to show his richness and his power. so he's like a godlike figure. so this whole thing is really a statement of power. yeah, a statement of power. he wanted to be unforgettable, you know? aha. ye

so tell me about mount nemrut. what do i need to know?. wow. so creating something unique? yeah, something unique. this religious sanctuary shows the greek gods zeus and apollo and hercules the hero with greek faces but persian clothing and hairstyling. alongside these composite deities is antiochus i, the king of the commagene empire. it's a small empire. it survived for 234 years on the western part of the euphrates river. during his reign, the kingdom was very, very rich, so he was the most powerful. they have the golden age. king antiochus i wanted to show his richness and his power. so he's like a godlike figure. so this whole thing is really a statement of power. yeah, a statement of power. he wanted to be unforgettable, you know? aha. yes. well, i mean, we're not forgetting him today. yes. and luckily, his head survived as well. why did they need to merge greek and persian cultures? king antiochus, his mother was a greek and his father was a persian. 0k. and also this kingdom was a small kingdom in between two great powers — persia