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Karakuş Tumulus
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Karakuş Tumulus
Karakuş Tumulus is a funerary monument, an hierothesion, for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30-20 BC. It is located near the modern village of Çukurtas Köyü in Adıyaman Province, Turkey.
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Country: Turkey
District: Adıyaman Province
Category: Tombs and Necropolises
Site History: 1st Century BC
Oldest Culture: Hellenistic
Later Cultures: Armenian
Site Features: Hellenistic & Armenian Monuments
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