Mount Nemrut

A 2,134-meter summit in southeastern Turkey where the first-century BCE Commagenian king Antiochus I erected colossal stone statues of gods and himself, now toppled and scattered across two terraces facing east and west. The severed heads of eagles, lions, and deified rulers measure up to two meters in height and rest among the tumbled limestone bodies on a barren mountaintop accessible by steep trail. Sunrise viewed from the east terrace and sunset from the west terrace are the canonical photography moments, with the colossal heads silhouetted against the sky.