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'Looking out over Commagene.'

	On the southern slopes of the Taurus mountain range, near the village of Damlacik (east of Adiyaman), a shepherd boy is looking out over a lateral valley of the Euphrates which, in the first century BC, was part of the Commagene kingdom. Not far from here lie the ruins of its capital Arsameia and the famous mountaintop tomb of Nemrud Dag. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Mithras tunnel at Arsameia.'

	At Arsameia, the ruined capital of the Commagene kingdom in the first century BC, a tunnel descends 150m through the rock to an underground room which is thought to have been built for Mithras-worshipping rites. Commagene was a small independent kingdom squeezed between the Roman Empire and the Parthian (Persian) kingdom, east of modern Adiyaman. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Inscription at Arsameia.'

	At Arsameia, the ruined capital of the Commagene kingdom in the first century BC, a Greek inscription describes the foundation of the city. Commagene was a small independent kingdom squeezed between the Roman Empire and the Parthian (Persian) kingdom, east of modern Adiyaman. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Mithradates shaking hands with Hercules-1.'

	At Arsameia, the ruined capital of the Commagene kingdom in the first century BC, a relief shows king Mithradates Kallinikos (left) shaking hands with Hercules, who in Commagene also represented the persian god Artagnes. Commagene was a small independent kingdom squeezed between the Roman Empire and the Parthian (Persian) kingdom, east of modern Adiyaman. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Mithradates shaking hands with Hercules-2.'

	At Arsameia, the ruined capital of the Commagene kingdom in the first century BC, a relief shows king Mithradates Kallinikos (left) shaking hands with Hercules, who in Commagene also represented the persian god Artagnes. Commagene was a small independent kingdom squeezed between the Roman Empire and the Parthian (Persian) kingdom, east of modern Adiyaman. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.EAST 27870]
'Looking out over Commagene.'

On the southern slopes of the Taurus mountain range, near the village of Damlacik (east of Adiyaman), a shepherd boy is looking out over a lateral valley of the Euphrates which, in the first century BC, was part of the Commagene kingdom. Not far from here lie the ruins of its capital Arsameia and the famous mountaintop tomb of Nemrud Dag. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27870]
'Looking out over Commagene.'

	On the southern slopes of the Taurus mountain range, near the village of Damlacik (east of Adiyaman), a shepherd boy is looking out over a lateral valley of the Euphrates which, in the first century BC, was part of the Commagene kingdom. Not far from here lie the ruins of its capital Arsameia and the famous mountaintop tomb of Nemrud Dag. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.EAST 27870]
'Looking out over Commagene.'

On the southern slopes of the Taurus mountain range, near the village of Damlacik (east of Adiyaman), a shepherd boy is looking out over a lateral valley of the Euphrates which, in the first century BC, was part of the Commagene kingdom. Not far from here lie the ruins of its capital Arsameia and the famous mountaintop tomb of Nemrud Dag. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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