The Discovery of the Colossal Coronation Horoscope of Antiochus I, King of Commagene on Mt. Nemrud

INF sponsors scientific publications: The Discovery of the Colossal Coronation Horoscope of Antiochus I, King of Commagene on Mt. Nemrud has been published in BaBesch.

Jaap Groot

In memory of Jaap Groot who passed away on the 15th of December 2021. Jaap was member of the board and chief engineer of the foundation. His contribution to the Nemrud Project to rescue and preserve the precious stelae and colossal statues will be remembered.

The Rosetta Stone and the Nemrud Nomos

INF sponsors scientific publications. June 17th, The Rosetta Stone and the Nemrud Nomos has been published in Nature-Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Further publications are The Lion Horoscope: proposal for a new dating (2002) in Babesch and Astro-religion in Commagene (2014) in the book of Herman Brijder, Nemrud Dağı.

Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat

In memory of a man – Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat passed away on 11th of July 2019.

The Nemrud Book

The Nemrud Dagi book has been published by Professor Herman Brijder of the University of Amsterdam. The book covers the archeological research and conservation works conducted by the University of Amsterdam and the International Nemrud Foundation. In addition, the book provides for an overview of the present knowledge of the Kingdom of Commagene. The Nemrud book has been dedicated to Maurice Crijns.

The Nemrud Book

Copy of the original Lion Horoscope relief

22-02-2014

INF donated the copy of the original Lion Horoscope relief to the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam.

The museum placed the relief at a prominent location. The unique copy displays the original relief as found in 1883.

Copy of the original Lion Horoscope relief

Plan Nemrud

The Minister of Culture and Tourism, His Excellency Ertuğrul Günay, has announced a plan to protect the statues atop Mt.Nemrud. Part of the plan is to remove the gigantic sculptures to a museum in order to protect them from the continual damage by weather.

Plan Nemrud

The first volume model of King Antiochos’s head

The INF receives the first volume model of King Antiochos’s head generated through 3-D laser scans at High Tech Campus Eindhoven. The 3-D object was created by successive layers of plastics. It is an accurate copy of the original statue. This is the first time that this technology has been applied in the field of archaeology. The INF’s intention is to make these models available to scholars upon their requests.

The first volume model of King Antiochos`s head

CNCDP update

The Middle East Technical University (METU) aims to raise European Union funds for the “Commagene – Nemrut Tourism-Based Revitalization Project” (CNCDP).

Please see Logbook www.nemrut.org.tr

METU has carried out the following works to date:
Field Work 1: September 06 – 20, 2006
collecting documents and site survey
Field Work 2: May 21 – 22, 2007
investigating location for the Visitor Centers and updating the measuring devices
Field Work 3: July 28 – August 11, 2008
collecting data and material sample testing
Field Work 4: September 9 – 10, 2008
collecting data, measuring sculptures and architectural survey
Field Work 5: September 21 – 23, 2008
collecting data and solving data acquisition problems
Field Work 6: September, 2009
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Website CNCDP

In co-operation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Middle East Technical University METU launches a very nice and professional-looking website for the Commagene Nemrut Conservation and Development Programme (CNCDP): www.nemrut.org.tr