What is the shape of the Turkish pyramids?

2,000 years ago, on the inland plateau of eastern Turkey, with the backdrop of the rolling Toros Mountains, there was a small country called "Kumakane". The country has long since ceased to exist, but there are still a number of monuments that are considered to be the treasures of ancient Anatolia. One of the world's greatest pyramids and idols stands on Mount Nemert, 2,100 meters above sea level. Due to its remoteness, it has been less than 100 years since the discovery of this monument and only 30 years since it was actually excavated. Until the 1960s, the more than 1,000 kilometers between the capital city of Ankara and Mount Nemert were not even covered by a simple road, making transportation very difficult. Therefore, very few tourists came to visit the mountain, except for local herders and hunters who climbed the mountain. A few years ago, the Turkish government built a highway leading to Mount Nemmurt, which gave tourists the honor of visiting it.

On Mt. Nemurt there is a triangular conical tower of 50 meters high and 100 meters in diameter piled up with fist-sized cobblestones, and this man-made tower constitutes the real summit of Mt. Nemurt. This is the permanent resting place built by Antiochus I (63 BC-32 BC), who ruled the kingdom of "Kumakane" in 63 BC, for himself.

Why Antiochus I built his tomb on a mountain 2,100 meters above sea level will always remain a mystery as he died. However, it is conceivable that this ruler was governed by a desire for power in selecting this site. From the territory of the Kingdom of Kumakane, which he ruled at the time, Mount Nemert was the highest and was considered a symbol of the supreme power of the kingdom. No wonder he was buried there even after his death, so that his subjects could see his presence and power from afar. In fact, history has made a mockery of him. A hundred years after his death, the kingdom was annexed by the Roman Empire. The Cumacane dynasty was like a flash in the pan and quickly disappeared from the stage of history.

From the appearance of the tower, it is not the same as the quadrangular pyramid built by the Egyptian pharaohs, which is a kind of triangular cone. But in terms of its architectural grandeur, it is no less than the Egyptian pyramids, which is why people call it the "Pyramid of Turkey".

In front of the tower on both sides of the east and west sides of the long platform made of boulders, the platform stands on each of the five up to 8 to 10 meters high, a huge statue of God. The east side of the altar, for the worship of the sun god. Behind the platform on the west side, there is a shadow wall built with huge stones, on which the great achievements of King Kumakannai and the laws of the kingdom are inscribed. Under the soft sunlight, the stone statue standing in the blue sky looks even taller and more majestic, making people feel that there is a kind of intimidating power present, which is reflected with the pyramid tip towering behind it, making the atmosphere around it seem more solemn and quiet.

Regrettably, the heads of the stone statues, weighing three or four tons, were shaken off one by one on the ground due to a strong earthquake. East side of the head of the stone statue lying on the ground in a messy way. However, the west side of the head of the statue of stone but each mightily erected on the ground, and basically intact, still maintains the year when the carving of the handsome, spontaneous face. The god Zeus is solemn; the goddess of fate, Fukiena, whose hair is dressed with vegetables and fruits, is gentle and sweet, and although her nose and chin have been knocked off, her beautiful demeanor is still intact, and their gaze gazes far away to the west. There are also huge lions and bas-reliefs flanking the western platform, guarding the idols.

2,000 years ago, the kingdom of Kumakane, which straddled Europe and Asia, was strongly influenced by two major cultures, Persian in the East and Greek and Roman in the West, which can be glimpsed in the poses of the five idols that stand side by side on the east and west platforms. They represent the gods of ancient Greek mythology, such as Zeus, the main god, Ares, the god of war, and Hercules, the Hercules, and in turn denote the main gods of Persian mythology, Ophrematans and Artagenes, as well as Antiochus I, the god of the hearts of the subjects of Kumaunekan. These beautifully carved idols reflect the fact that culture, art and production technology had reached a fairly high level at that time.

These 8 to 10 meters high statues of the gods, although its body is carved from a number of pieces of marble, only the head of the statue of three or four meters high, with a whole piece of marble carving, each weighing several tons. But in the production conditions of the time, to transport these stones from 30 kilometers away from the quarry to here, and to transport it up this steep mountain top, without high production technology, it is impossible to complete such a huge project. This perplexed the scientists.