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Mount Nemrut Sunrise Tour: In God’s kingdom when the Sun is young
There is nothing to see outside. It is 3AM here in Anatolian Turkey and I am in a car. It rolls on the streets of Adiyaman. A few minutes later, I am going to hike in the dark, to catch the sunrise from the zenith of Mount Nemrut — a UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1987 where ancient statues await my arrival. I have read it in so many blogs, “If you are visiting Mount Nemrut, sunrise is the time to go.” It is not the Egyptians, Greeks or Romans who built these series of statues but the obscure Commagenes— a tiny kingdom in around 2nd century BCE to 1st…