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00:02High in the mountains of Southeast Turkey, stands a skyscraping monument.
00:10Mount Nemrut.
00:13Gigantic decapitated sculptures surround a vast summit.
00:18Their size is really enormous.
00:21But what is the purpose of this bizarre megastructure?
00:25And why is it built at such dizzying heights?
00:30Now, investigators decode ancient inscriptions and hunt for clues to Mount Nemrut's destruction.
00:38We know that the West Terrace was in a complete state of demolishment.
00:45They use innovative geophysical analysis to solve the mysteries of the mountain.
00:52Nothing like this existed before this time.
00:59To piece together this ancient riddle, we blow apart gigantic 30-foot tall statues and digitally excavate a tomb that
01:09has remained hidden for millennia.
01:11We crack the mystery of long lost gods.
01:15And reconstruct the summit to its former glory.
01:20To unearth the identity of a mysterious mountain king.
01:34Mount Nemrut, Turkey.
01:37A towering mountaintop grazing the skies.
01:427,000 feet high, its summit looms above the Taurus mountain range.
01:47What is unusual about this monument is its location on top of one of the highest mountains of this region.
01:57On the summit of Mount Nemrut is an unusual monument.
02:01The key to an ancient culture.
02:05Fragments of gigantic statues are scattered across the terraces.
02:09And the strangely shaped mountain peak is covered in rubble.
02:122,000 years ago, throned figures tower 30 feet tall.
02:18With mighty stone eagles and lions sitting by their side.
02:24At their feet, carved reliefs leave clues to the mountain's purpose.
02:31Over 7,000 feet above sea level.
02:35Covering over six acres.
02:37What is this unique site?
02:42Michael Bloomer has been working in this region for two decades.
02:48He wants to find out more about this enigmatic monument.
02:53Two terraces flank the summit.
02:56Facing east and west.
03:00On the eastern terrace, there's an unusual wide-stepped platform.
03:07Michael examines it for clues to its purpose.
03:11Because of the prominent position of this structure, it could well be an altar.
03:16It doesn't necessarily look like an altar, but there might have been additional installations which are lost today.
03:22An altar is evidence that this is a religious site.
03:27Could other parts of the monument reveal more about the obscure religion worshipped here?
03:34A line of ruined statues stands on the terrace.
03:38Their heads lie on the ground below their decapitated stone bodies.
03:43Each head is as tall as a human.
03:46And is carved in incredible detail.
03:49It's a male head with a full beard.
03:53It's a paternal figure.
03:56The mouth is slightly open.
03:59He's looking upwards.
04:01And you see how his forehead is contracted.
04:07Michael thinks the figures are meant to depict specific people.
04:12But who?
04:15He heads 800 feet around the mountain summit to the western terrace.
04:21It's a mirror of the first, but there's one crucial difference.
04:26Hidden at the back of the west terrace, Michael discovers huge slabs.
04:32Long inscriptions are carved onto the stones in ancient Greek.
04:39As Michael deciphers the text, it reveals something surprising.
04:44Each statue has not one, but a combination of names.
04:48We have Zeus mentioned here, but he is not only Zeus at the same time.
04:55He is also Oromastis, a Persian god.
05:01Zeus is a Greek god.
05:03But here he is also given an equivalent Persian name from the ancient Zoroastrian religion.
05:10This pattern is repeated with almost all the other statues on the mountaintop.
05:15The last god is Arthagnes, a Persian god, who is at the same time Heracles and Ares.
05:24The names suggest that these gods are unlike any others in the ancient world.
05:30They are both Greek and Persian.
05:35Michael believes this site is the origin of a groundbreaking new religion.
05:40who orders the construction of Mount Nemrut and begins this religious cult.
05:49The statues hold a clue.
05:51Among the gods, Michael finds a mysterious figure, one without any divine features.
05:58This is the head of a young man.
06:01It belongs to the statue at the very left sitting, placed next to the gods.
06:10Michael tracks down the name of the man who sits alongside the gods.
06:15This part of the inscription is not well preserved, but we can still decipher the name.
06:20It's A-N-T-I-O-C-O-S.
06:30Antiochus.
06:32Who is Antiochus?
06:34Michael decodes more of the inscription
06:37and reveals that Antiochus describes himself as a god.
06:43But he's not a Greek or Persian deity.
06:47Who is this mysterious character?
06:52Strewn at the feet of the gigantic statues
06:56is a series of intricately carved stone reliefs,
07:01each ten feet tall.
07:05They all show Antiochus shaking hands with the gods, whose statues sit above.
07:13Only the last relief is different.
07:16It shows a lion cloaked in a constellation of nineteen stars.
07:22A sky chart, the oldest preserved horoscope in the world.
07:27Could these reliefs reveal who Antiochus is and why he sits among the gods at Mount Nemrut?
07:36The majestic reliefs once stood proud on the terraces.
07:40But today, they're so fragile, they must be protected behind lock and key.
07:47Michael has exclusive access to examine the carvings.
07:52What can the sky chart reveal about Antiochus?
07:57The way these stars are arranged tell us that they represent the constellation of the lion.
08:06So this constellation gives us a precise date, which is the 7th of July, 62 BC.
08:15The enormous lion horoscope reveals the day of Antiochus' coronation.
08:23He is the king of the Komagini kingdom.
08:28In the 6th century BC, the Persian Empire expands westward, conquering eastern Turkey.
08:39The Persian king and his mighty army of highly trained soldiers sweep through the region around Mount Nemrut.
08:50But 200 years later, the Greek leader, Alexander the Great, appears on the scene and takes the land from the
08:59Persians.
09:02When Alexander dies, his empire is split among his generals.
09:08Komagini emerges as an independent kingdom.
09:13Komagini stretches from the Taurus Mountains in the west to the Euphrates River in the east, covering an area the
09:21size of Puerto Rico.
09:24When King Antiochus becomes ruler of the Komagini kingdom, he builds Mount Nemrut at its heart to glorify his new
09:33cult.
09:35But why does he choose to surround the summit with statues that seem to honor the two former rulers of
09:41the region?
09:44On the west terrace of Mount Nemrut, Michael finds two rows of stele, large carved stone slabs.
09:54One set of stele depict figures in traditional Greek dress.
09:59This set of reliefs depict the maternal lineage of Antiochus.
10:06On his mother's side, Antiochus traces his ancestry back to the legendary Greek king, Alexander the Great.
10:16But not all the carvings look the same.
10:20Michael examines the second row of stele.
10:24The people depicted in these reliefs look markedly different.
10:28They are dressed in Persian garments.
10:31Michael thinks that Antiochus uses the Persian figures to claim he is also a descendant of Darius the Great, who
10:39rules the Persian Empire in its golden age.
10:43Antiochus wants to be seen as the heir of the two powerful empires.
10:50Mount Nemrut helps Antiochus assert his place on the political world stage.
10:55He builds this imposing monument and solidifies his new cult.
11:01But is Mount Nemrut more than a symbol of Antiochus's might?
11:08What can the gigantic mound at the center of Mount Nemrut reveal about another hidden purpose for this mountaintop monument?
11:18And how does the Komagini workforce build it?
11:30At the heart of Turkey's Taurus mountain range, lies the colossal Mount Nemrut.
11:39Here on its summit 2,000 years ago, King Antiochus builds a huge monument to tower over his kingdom.
11:48He erects an enormous statue of himself alongside new Greek-Persian gods to establish his supremacy.
11:58But Michael believes these ruins hide clues that suggest this mountaintop complex is built for another purpose.
12:08He scans the inscriptions on the western terrace.
12:12This part of the inscription, Antiochus, says that this monument is his sacred tomb.
12:18He mentions that it has been built close to the heavenly thrones.
12:26It's supposed to be indestructible, eternal.
12:30This monument is the house of his body.
12:35If Mount Nemrut is the tomb of the mountain king, where is his body?
12:40The key may lie hidden inside the peak.
12:46It's a gigantic pile of rubble called a tumulus.
12:51Smaller stones at the top allow it to soar over 160 feet into the sky,
12:57while huge boulders form a solid base, 500 feet wide.
13:03Some archaeologists believe that hidden in this colossal mound are the remains of King Antiochus himself.
13:12Is this man-made mountain the king's final resting place?
13:20Michael is on a mission to find out.
13:24He believes the rulers in this part of the world use tumuli the same way the Egyptians use pyramids.
13:31Building tumuli is one of the most simple ways to make a tomb visible in the landscape.
13:412500 years earlier, the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu builds the Great Pyramid of Giza as his final resting place.
13:52He designs an intricate system of tunnels deep inside the pyramid that lead to a secure funerary chamber.
14:04If, like the pharaohs, Antiochus is buried within the skyscraping mound at Nemrut, what does his tomb look like?
14:14To find out, Michael heads to Safras, an open Comagini burial site 50 miles from the mountain.
14:23This tumulus is much smaller than the royal tumuli of Mount Nemrut.
14:28And it's also constructed differently, so it mainly consists of soil.
14:34Michael looks for an entrance into the tumulus.
14:38Originally, the entrance would have been hidden.
14:43On the southern slope, there is a deep vertical shaft.
14:48Michael heads underground to explore the tomb.
14:58The walls are really very neatly carved.
15:01The surface is very smooth.
15:03I have to say, this certainly is among the finest pieces of masonry that we can find in Comagini.
15:13It is likely that the tomb within Mount Nemrut is equally refined.
15:19Finally, the narrow corridor opens out into a huge vaulted room.
15:24This is the burial chamber, and inside the chamber, we have two plain sarcophagi.
15:33Just like the tombs in Egypt, the Comagini rulers are buried in huge stone caskets.
15:40As king, it's likely Antiochuses would have been ornate.
15:45Antiochuses would have been buried in a chamber like this, but probably much larger and certainly more lavishly decorated.
15:58Despite its beautiful masonry, the chamber itself is bare.
16:03Michael thinks that the Comagini would have buried their dead with valuable grave goods.
16:09He hunts for evidence of what happens to the objects and finds two holes in the ceiling.
16:17This is one of the two robber channels through which the tomb raiders entered this burial chamber.
16:27The tumulus at Sofras has been robbed.
16:31Has the same thing happened to Antiochus' tomb?
16:37Back at Mount Nemrut, Michael hunts for evidence of a break-in.
16:42He finds that parts of the tumulus look like they've been disturbed.
16:48This depression here clearly indicates that people in the recent past tried to dig a hole into the tumulus to
16:59find the tomb of Antiochus.
17:04Archeologists believe that on top of Mount Nemrut, Antiochus' builders construct a burial chamber, place the king inside, and seal
17:14the entrance.
17:15The massive tumulus on top protects it.
17:18If robbers try to tunnel to the center, the loose rubble collapses, burying the intruders alive.
17:26Despite being a beacon for grave robbers, no one has ever broken into Antiochus' tumulus, or seen the legendary tomb
17:35inside.
17:36It is a mystery still waiting to be explored.
17:40How does Antiochus find the stone to build his impregnable burial mound?
17:46And how does he transport it to the top of the mountain?
17:58On a mountain range in southeast Turkey two millennia ago, King Antiochus builds a soaring burial complex 7,000 feet
18:08high.
18:09Archeologists believe that at the center lies a lavish tomb, hidden under a massive mound of stone and rubble.
18:17The monument is visible from across Antiochus' kingdom, a seemingly impossible feat of engineering.
18:25The ancient builders make the site from the finest stone, fit for a king.
18:32They build the immense altar, and each of the five huge reliefs, from great slabs of fine-grained sandstone.
18:40They carve the gigantic statues from over 600 tons of pure white limestone.
18:48And they construct the tumulus from 140,000 cubic yards of limestone fragments.
18:56It takes a staggering 1,500 tons of stone to complete the site.
19:03Why does Antiochus choose this remote mountaintop?
19:07And how do his builders do it?
19:11Erhan Akcha wants to uncover where the ancient workers find the material to build on this barren mountaintop.
19:19He inspects the landscape surrounding the terraces.
19:24Just below the western terrace, Erhan finds important evidence.
19:30This site looks artificial because of the straight lines.
19:34They use it here most probably as a quarry.
19:40Erhan measures the length of the straight lines that are cut into the rock.
19:45If you measure it, you can see one meter.
19:52On the terrace, he compares this measurement with a block used to build one of the towering statues of the
19:58gods.
19:59The block seems almost the same size.
20:02If we measure this, let me check.
20:09One cubic meter.
20:11The quarry cut lines and the stones match exactly.
20:16Erhan's investigations reveal that the Comagini workers source their materials from the closest place to the terraces possible.
20:25This clever plan means they can build faster and bigger.
20:32But the reliefs on the terraces of Mount Nemrut are made of sandstone.
20:37And there are no sandstone quarries close to the summit.
20:42To find out where the sandstone originates, Erhan x-rays the carved slabs to detect their chemical composition.
20:52The x-ray reveals a unique chemical fingerprint, so the stone can be matched with the quarry it comes from.
20:59This sandstone is reaching calcium dioxide followed by aloxide and calcium carbonate.
21:11Erhan hunts for any signs of quarrying in the landscape north of Mount Nemrut.
21:17Now I am two miles away from Mount Nemrut and I can see the sandstone outcropping here.
21:25He compares the sandstone here to the stone on Mount Nemrut.
21:30When I look at the color, exactly the same color.
21:34When I look at the weathering pattern, especially this exfoliation matches well.
21:40To confirm that this is where the stone from the carvings is quarried, Erhan x-rays the outcrop.
21:48Its chemical fingerprint is an exact match to the rock on the summit of Mount Nemrut.
21:55This must be the quarry where they got the sandstones.
21:59Erhan thinks he knows why the Kalmogeni venture farther away from the summit in search of sandstone.
22:06This sandstone is easy to work with, so people can produce these reliefs in a relatively short time.
22:16Sandstone rarely fractures, making it a perfect material for the reliefs on the terraces.
22:24King Antiochus wants the intricate details of his monument to survive for millennia.
22:30The Kalmogeni builders scour the landscape to find the best rock for their carvings and statues.
22:38But where does all the stone for the crowning glory of Mount Nemrut, the 160-foot-tall tumulus, come from?
22:48There aren't enough quarries around the mountain to produce the hundreds of tons of stone needed for the central burial
22:54mound.
22:58Erhan surveys the landscape surrounding Mount Nemrut.
23:02He notices something intriguing.
23:05If you look at the topography of the region, you can see the sharp peaks of the limestone.
23:12And if you look at the bottom, it's a leveled bottom.
23:16The top of Mount Nemrut is unusually flat.
23:21Erhan believes this is evidence that the ancient builders embark on an extraordinary feat of engineering to modify this mountain
23:29summit.
23:32The engineers first quarry the mountain's craggy peak.
23:36They remove tons of limestone rock to flatten and smooth the summit.
23:43They use the largest blocks of limestone as the walls of the monument and the towering statues.
23:55Then, on the flattened summit, they build the tomb and pile huge rubble blocks to form a masonry core 110
24:03feet tall.
24:06They cover this core with 50 feet of limestone gravel, remaking Mount Nemrut's summit in the name of Antiochus.
24:18The ingenious builders take advantage of all the resources of the mountain.
24:23But one massive challenge remains.
24:27Assembling the 30 foot tall statues.
24:30How do the ancient engineers stack these stone giants?
24:36Can clues hidden inside the statues reveal how the talented builders keep them from toppling?
24:45And why do later explorers find the giant stone heads at the statues' feet?
24:59Mount Nemrut, high in the mountains of Turkey.
25:04King Antiochus builds this sprawling site as a cult center and tomb in the north of the ancient Commogeni kingdom.
25:13Imposing statues flank the central tumulus.
25:17How do the ambitious engineers build these giants?
25:23Look at all those blocks that tumbled down from the statues.
25:28Their size is really enormous.
25:31The workers must assemble the heavy pieces of stone into statues of gods and the king.
25:37Each as tall as five men.
25:41It must have taken lots of efforts to lift those blocks to create the statues.
25:52Seven layers of stone make up each statue.
25:56Each layer is over three feet thick.
26:01With slabs that interlock like a colossal puzzle.
26:05To make these giant figures, the ancient engineers roughly chisel each piece into shape on the ground.
26:12Then they carefully assemble them into towering stacks.
26:17Finally, they chisel the fine features, transforming the rock piles into gods and kings.
26:25But each piece weighs around two tons.
26:29How do the ancient builders assemble these towering statues?
26:36Michael inspects the remains of the statues.
26:41Their damaged bodies could reveal more ancient building secrets.
26:46He peers inside the remains of the statue of Zeus and spots something unusual.
26:51They constructed the statue around a hollow space that they later filled with rubble.
27:02The gigantic statues have large holes at their core.
27:07The holes are a clever design feature, reducing the number of slabs the workers must haul up the mountain.
27:14And a rubble center helps to hold the interlocking stones in place.
27:18But each individual block is still too heavy for any human to lift.
27:25How do Antiochus' workers assemble the colossal slabs?
27:31Michael examines a fallen stone.
27:36If you look closely, you will discover that each block has at least two, but most of them actually four,
27:45little holes.
27:48Here you can see one here on those blocks above.
27:53He believes that these small holes are the key to understanding how Antiochus builds the statues.
28:00They were used for lifting these blocks with a crane.
28:08At the top of the mountain, the builders construct a towering crane from wood and ropes.
28:19They attach a pair of hinged tongs from their hoist that slot into the holes in the massive stone blocks.
28:30This way, the masons can easily lift two-ton blocks, 30 feet off the ground, and lower them carefully into
28:39position.
28:41Then they fill the central core with rubble.
28:44This acts like a central spine to stabilize the colossal 30-foot-tall statues.
28:52Cranes like these are used across the ancient world.
28:56The Greeks invent the first prototype in the 6th century BC, and they use it to build the Parthenon.
29:04This engineering breakthrough paves the way for supersized monuments that showcase the immense power of the rulers of the ancient
29:11world.
29:13The holes in the statues also give Michael an insight into how the Commagini workforce is organized.
29:21We see this headband here, the diadem of the king, with these thunderbolts.
29:28And we see that the hole has been carved in the temple and thereby destroying the ornament.
29:38This tells us that the head was finished when it was still standing on the ground and then the head
29:47has been lifted and put on top of the statue.
29:53Engineering brilliance ensures these magnificent stone structures tower over the king's tomb.
30:00But if their engineering is solid, why are the statues in such a state of ruin today?
30:07What makes Antiochus and his gods lose their heads?
30:21Mount Nemrut, a vast burial complex in southeast Turkey.
30:27This is a site of ancient engineering splendor.
30:312,000 years ago, master builders used towering cranes and over 1,500 tons of stone to build this unique
30:40monument.
30:42Why is it in ruins today?
30:47When investigators rediscover Nemrut in the 1880s, it is a devastated site.
30:54Rubble from the tumulus covers the terraces, hiding clues to the monument's purpose.
31:00The heads of the statues, rolled down the mountain, are partly buried and are scarred with deep cracks and surface
31:08damage.
31:08Only one statue remains intact.
31:12The goddess Komajini has escaped decapitation.
31:16But in the 1960s, after holding fast for 2,000 years, her torso crumbles and her head topples.
31:25This shrine is designed to last for eternity.
31:28How does it come to be so utterly destroyed?
31:33Erhan investigates if the harsh climate on Mount Nemrut could be to blame.
31:38The mountain experiences hot summers of 104 degrees Fahrenheit and cold winters, when temperatures plunge to 14 degrees.
31:49For half the year, the statues at the peak sit covered in snow.
31:55To analyze the damage this causes, Erhan examines King Antiochus' head.
32:01This statue is a good case study that shows how the extreme weather conditions affect the statues.
32:09When archaeologists discover Mount Nemrut, they find the head of Antiochus partly buried in soil.
32:16This has a profound effect on his facial features.
32:20If you look at this part, which was exposed to extreme conditions, you can see these significant weathering and fracture
32:32pattern.
32:34But here, the buried part, you can see less weathering here.
32:42Erhan believes constant exposure over thousands of years has a disastrous effect on the statues.
32:52Water seeps into the tiny cracks in the surface.
32:56When the temperature drops, the water freezes and expands, widening the cracks.
33:03Now water can penetrate deeper into the stone.
33:07And the freeze-thaw cycle repeats until it shatters the rock.
33:14The cracks in the statues grow over millennia.
33:19The thinnest part of the statues is the neck.
33:22It's a natural weak spot for growing cracks to shear the rock.
33:27But the total collapse of the statues suggests there's more than just weathering at play.
33:35Yasemin Didem Akdash investigates this mystery.
33:40She hopes that by understanding past damage to the statues,
33:44she'll be able to better protect them against future harm.
33:48Weathering wouldn't be enough to create the structural damage that we are seeing on site.
33:52Yasemin believes there may be a bigger force to blame.
33:56She analyzes a geophysical map of Turkey,
34:00which highlights the seismic fault lines running across the country.
34:05Yasemin examines the area surrounding Mount Nemrut.
34:09Here is Mount Nemrut, just north of the AtatĂĽrk Dam.
34:13As you can see, it's very, very close to the East Anatolian fault line,
34:16making it very vulnerable to earthquakes.
34:22Mount Nemrut sits three miles from the fault line,
34:26between two colliding tectonic plates.
34:33As the two plates grind past each other, they trigger frequent earthquakes along the fault,
34:39sending tremors through Mount Nemrut.
34:43Do earthquakes decapitate the statues?
34:49To solve the mystery,
34:51Yasemin develops a brand new bespoke simulation using the measurements of a typical statue at Mount Nemrut.
35:00She models how the three-foot blocks that make up the gigantic figures react to seismic activity.
35:07She starts with an earthquake that measures a powerful 7.2 on the Richter scale.
35:13The head moves around a little bit, but we do not observe a lot of openings in the remaining stone
35:20blocks.
35:23The gigantic statues can survive a one-off earthquake.
35:27But Yasemin wants to see what intensity of earthquake would cause the heads to fall.
35:34She amplifies the force of the earthquake by three, simulating the effect of multiple successive tremors.
35:43We really started to see damage that are pretty comparable to what we are observing in the West Terrace.
35:49The stone blocks are scattered all over the place, and it's pretty dramatic really.
35:54Over the course of 2,000 years,
35:58devastating earthquakes caused the heads to topple off the statues, and their bodies to collapse.
36:05The king builds his tomb on Mount Nemrut so that his memory and religion will persist long after his death.
36:14But despite his efforts, the statues collapse.
36:19What do Mount Nemrut's ruins reveal about Antiochus' legacy?
36:24Can evidence on a little-known third terrace shed light on what happens after his death?
36:38On one of the tallest peaks in southeast Turkey, King Antiochus builds his temple tomb.
36:46His aim is to be seen and remembered for eternity.
36:50How does Antiochus try to ensure his legacy lives on?
36:56Michael decodes the inscriptions on the gigantic statues of the gods at Mount Nemrut.
37:03He talks about the religious festivals in his honor, but also to honor the gods assembled here and all gods.
37:14These instructions tell worshippers how to practice Antiochus' new religion.
37:19They list the days to celebrate in his honor.
37:23Antiochus' birthday and the day of his coronation get a special mention.
37:29From the inscription we also know what kinds of activities were expected to take place.
37:36So like sacrifices, music was played by musicians, and also the people who attended, they could expect to be fed.
37:48Do the Comagini people follow Antiochus' instructions?
37:53On the hunt for clues, Michael heads to a strange third terrace on the edge of the mountain.
38:01This terrace is a poor imitation of the others at Mount Nemrut.
38:07It's much smaller.
38:09Instead of gigantic statues and a limestone platform, it only has rough sculptures and uneven ground.
38:17We see this long row of sandstone slabs, which were supposed to be reliefs.
38:25However, as you can clearly see, they have never been finished.
38:30Michael thinks that this is because the king dies before the construction is complete.
38:36He is buried immediately, and building is abandoned.
38:42Do the people of Comagini ever return to the mountain?
38:47If people perform sacrifices, you have residue.
38:52If they come here for feasting, for drinking, you would see pottery or other kinds of material left behind.
39:01But in fact, no archaeological traces of actual use have been discovered.
39:12Why do the Comagini people abandon Antiochus' eternal site of worship?
39:20At another burial mound 15 miles from Mount Nemrut, Michael hunts for clues.
39:25Here, Antiochus' son and successor, Mithridates, builds a tumulus for his mother, sisters and niece.
39:35Michael examines a relief at the burial site.
39:40There certainly is a link to the tomb of Antiochus on Mount Nemrut, but there is also a very significant
39:50difference.
39:50Here, we have two human beings shaking hands, while on Mount Nemrut, Antiochus was shaking hands with the gods.
40:03Mithridates is shaking hands with his sister.
40:06But unlike his father at Nemrut, he is not depicted like a god.
40:12After Antiochus, the king is simply a king.
40:16He is not divine or equal to the gods.
40:21And Antiochus' religion, which he tries to immortalize with his enormous statues on Mount Nemrut, also fades.
40:29The Comagini people disown his new gods, and instead continue to practice their old local beliefs.
40:38After his death, there are no monuments for the gods that we see here on Nemrut.
40:46So, this really dies out after his death.
40:51But the magnificent monument on Mount Nemrut ensures Antiochus is never entirely forgotten.
40:58The king created something extraordinary, a monument that still today stupefies people.
41:07King Antiochus builds a sprawling burial complex on top of Mount Nemrut.
41:14He erects massive sculptures of radical new gods, and places himself alongside them as their equal.
41:24Antiochus' body is laid to rest under a rubble colossus, where it still lies, undisturbed, in his mountain tomb.
41:52Oeh!
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