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Mysterious Giant Statues with Gnome-like Heads Litter Nemrut Dag

Mysterious Giant Statues with Gnome-like Heads Litter Nemrut Dag
by Louie Jerome on July 21, 2009 in Greece

Giant statues litter the top of Nemrut Dag and their gnome-like heads are littered all around. This curious mixture of Greek and Persian features is thought to be the burial place of King Antiochucus I of the Commagene.

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