Editing Mount Nemrut (section)

==World Heritage Site==
In 1987, Mount Nemrut was made a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5: Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation |editor1= Giorgio Lollino|editor2=Andrea Manconi|editor3=Fausto Guzzetti|editor4=Martin Culshaw|editor5=Peter Bobrowsky|editor6=Fabio Luino |edition= illustrated |publisher= Springer |year= 2014 |isbn= 9783319090481 |page= 45}}</ref> Tourists typically visit Nemrut during April through October. The nearby town of [[Adıyaman]] is a popular place for car and bus trips to the site, and one can also travel from there by helicopter. There are also overnight tours running out of Malatya or Kahta.<ref>{{cite book |title= Volcanic Tourist Destinations; Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism |editor= Patricia Erfurt-Cooper |edition= illustrated |publisher= Springer Science & Business Media |year= 2014 |isbn= 9783642161919 |page= 93}}</ref>

The UNESCO entry states:<ref name="unesco1"/>{{blockquote|The mausoleum of [[Antiochus I of Commagene|Antiochus I]] (69–34 B.C.), who reigned over [[Commagene]], a kingdom founded north of [[Syria (region)|Syria]] and the [[Euphrates]] after the breakup of [[Alexandrian Empire|Alexander's empire]], is one of the most ambitious constructions of the [[Hellenistic period]]. The [[syncretism]] of its pantheon, and the lineage of its kings, which can be traced back through two sets of legends, [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Persian mythology|Persian]], is evidence of the dual origin of this kingdom's culture.}}