The Armenian Pantheon of Gods.

Day 2,992, 00:37 • Published in Armenia Georgia • by Rodica Bostanica

The Armenian Pantheon of Gods, Mount Nemrut, Turkey.

The Armenian Pantheon of Gods was erected by the king of Commagene, named Antiochus I Theos c. 86 BC – 38 BC, ruled 70 BC – 38 BC. Antiochus I Theos was the son of of King Mithridates I Callinicus and Queen Laodice VII Thea of Commagene from the Armenian Orontid Dynasty.

The Orontids also known by their native name, Yervanduni (Armenian: Երվանդունիներ)), was a hereditary Armenian dynasty and the rulers of the successor state to the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu/Ararat.