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- [Host] Easter Island isn't the only place in the world
with some mysterious stone faces.
In the highest peak of the Eastern Taurus mountain range
in Turkey lies Nemrut Dag.
Nemrut Dag is a temple tomb believed to be built
by the late Hellenistic King Antiochos.
He reigned from 69 to 34 BC
and built the temple to commemorate himself.
The monument features statues of the king,
lions, eagles, and various Greek, Armenian, and Medes gods,
with each measuring almost 30 feet tall.
The heads of these sculptures once sat atop
their stone bodies, but at some point
in time, they were removed.
Nemrut Dag went lost to memory
until it was rediscovered by a geologist in 1881,
and in 1987 it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
And while there are those that believe
these figures hold a deep mythological significance,
how these stone structures were physically constructed
without modern tools is a mystery.
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