Stockholm, Arlanda
Turkey
Istanbul, SAW: The ‘small’ airport
4 hours wait ...
... our flight to Malatya
Malatya-Karadut: 3 hours by night in a car !
Karadut: Village in the Mt Nemrut region
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Our ‘Pansion’
Marut, the owner, and Ghislaine
Breakfast - excellent !
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In the village ...
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Kâhta: We eat in a
lokanta
The Tumulus
Karakuş
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King Mithridates and his sister Laodicea
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Cendere Körpüsü
(The C. bridge) from the first c. AD
Tea break: Leif and Marut
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We are on the bridge
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Arsameia: The Commagene Kingdom
Leif
Apollo
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In the deep cave: The tomb of King Mithridates I
We climb and climb ...
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King Antioch and Heracles
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The goats take over the road !
We drive through the mountains ...
... to our ‘Pansion’ in Karadut
The garden below
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Village life in the evening
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Good dinner
A swallow ...
... with its youngs
Breakfast
The Mountain Nemrut Dağı
We start with the Western Terrace ...
... the easiest route ...
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Soon there
Finally at the tumulus (year 50 BC) ...
... sculptures of Greek Gods
Apollo (left) and Zeus
Apollo
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The Eastern Terrace
Antioch , Commagene, Zeus, Apollo and Herakles between the Eagle and the Lion
The heads have fallen down
Apollo, Herakles, the Eagle and the Lion
Far away: Euphrates
Down at the Euphrates river
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Leif and Rain
The new bridge
The Turks like to picnic
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