Karakuş Tumulus

The Karakuş Tumulus is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30–20 BCE, near the modern village of in , , .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: funerary monument
  • Also known as: “Karakuş” and “Karakush”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taşlıca and Çukurtaş.

Village
is a village in the , , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Îzol tribe and had a population of 313 in 2021. The hamlet of Karabağ is attached to .

Village
is a village in the , , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Îzol tribe and had a population of 305 in 2021. The hamlets of Kazanlı and Kovalı are attached to the village.

Village
is a village in the of in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 98 in 2021.

Karakuş Tumulus

Latitude
37.86941° or 37° 52′ 10″ north
Longitude
38.58798° or 38° 35′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G9WVH9Q+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 274793330
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Wiki­data ID
Q1728921
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Karakuş Tumulus” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Karakuş Tümülüsü”
  • Czech: “Karakus Tumulus”
  • Czech: “Karakuş Tumulus”
  • Czech: “Karakuş Tümülüsü”
  • Dutch: “Tumulus van Karakus”
  • Dutch: “Tumulus van Karakuş”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاراكوس”
  • French: “tumulus de Karakuş”
  • French: “Tumulus de Karakuş”
  • Georgian: “ქარაქუშის ტუმულუსი”
  • German: “Karakuş”
  • Greek: “Καρακούς”
  • Irish: “Karakuş”
  • Polish: “Karakuş”
  • Serbian: “Каракушки тумул”
  • Turkish: “Kadınlar Mezarlığı”
  • Turkish: “Karakuş Höyüğü”
  • Turkish: “Karakuş Tepesi”
  • Turkish: “Karakuş Tümülüsü”
  • Turkish: “Karakuş”
  • Turkish: “Kraliçeler Mezarlığı”
  • Turkish: “Tokalaşma Steli”
  • Uzbek: “Karakuş Tumulus”

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