Descrizione

Original cloth bdg. Oblong 4to. (31 x 29 cm). In English and Turkish. 48, [113] p. Color and b/w ills. This book is a comprehensive study of the tomb-sanctuary on Mount Nemrut, in Turkey. The aim of the book is to introduce the Nemrut site, which is included on UNESCO's official list of world monuments. Preface - Foreword - The Funerary Monument of Antiochus I of Commagene on Mount Nemrut - Discovery of the Sanctuary - Study and Excavation of Sanctuary - The Kingdom of Commagene - The Hierothesion of Antiochus of Commagene - The East Terrace / The North Terrace / The West Terrace / The Holy Edict (Nomos) - The Translation of the Nomos - Nemrut: Throne of the Gods - A Coincidence In History - The History of Commagene - The Reform Program of King Antiochus I - King Antiochus and his Legacy - Select Bibliography - Color Plates - East Terrace - West Terrace - Arsameia on the Nymphaios - Karakus Tumulus - Arsameia on the Euphrates.