Karakuş Tumulus
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karaku-tumulus-286-17864174
title:
Karakuş Tumulus
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The Karakuş Tumulus is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30–20 BCE, near the modern village of Çukurtaş in Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Karakuş means "black bird". The monument received this name because there is a column topped by an eagle. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Kâhta, Turkey. The tumulus is surrounded by groups of three Doric columns, each about 9 metres (
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encyclopedia
description:
Mausoleum in Turkey
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaku%C5%9F_Tumulus
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date modified:
2024-03-09T23:52:47Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Tumulus_of_Karakus_03.jpg","width":2807,"height":4211}
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13
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