🗿 Karakuş Tumulus

Turkey · Europe · 37.87°N, 38.59°E

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.

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Quick facts

Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	37.87°N, 38.59°E · view on map

Karakuş Tumulus is located in Turkey, in Europe.

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