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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Galleries >> Nemrut Mountain > Nemrut 2006 09 1486.jpg
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12-SEP-2006

Nemrut 2006 09 1486.jpg

The heads on the east terrace. They are up to 2½ m in height.
On the foreground: The goddess of Commagene, depicted as Tyche, the (Greek) presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city (or state), its destiny. The second head belongs to Zeus – Oromasdes. All the statues appear to have Greek-style facial features, but Persian clothing and hairstyling.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: (amongst others) File 448: ‘Nemrut Dağı’ – World Heritage List, Unesco (see: whc.unesco.org)
Wikipedia & Personal visits (1983, 1987, 1994).

Nikon D2x
1/160s f/8.0 at 29.0mm iso100 full exif

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