Funerary Column

ID: TEEETND02

Funerary Column

View of the Tumulus of Karakus with one of the Doric funerary columns on the left. The eagle on the top may be a symbol of Zeus. The name “Karakus” in Turkish means “Black Bird.”

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Keywords: Turkey, East, Euphrates and Tigris Basin, Near Nimrut Dag Dagi, Karakus Tumulus Tumuli, Mithridates, Commagene, Doric Column, Eagle, Zeus, Karakus
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