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STONE HEAD STATUES

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This photograph shows large stone head statues at the archaeological site of Mount Nemrut in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, on Friday. This Unesco World Heritage Site since 1987 is on a 2,134-metre-high mountain including giant 10-metre high, seated statues of King Antiochus I himself surrounded by ancient Gods, including Zeus and Apollo, which was discovered in 1881 by a German engineer. — AFP