Adiyaman and Mount Nimrud

Another early start to get an internal turkish flight from Istanbul to Adiyaman, way down in the south east part of the country, then a long winding journey by bus over the mountains to Mount Nimrud, to see the colossal heads we put in the photo of this blog trip. We stopped on the way to see a really nice small roman bridge over the river, and climbed up the mountain (2,200 metres high). It was a tough, rough climb, the guide book say takes 20 to 30 mins, we did it in about an hour!

The top of the mountain is a huge tumulus of King Antiochus, who surrounded it with huge statues of gods and himself, although over the years the statues have fallen and now only the heads stick up.Read more