Turkey March 2010 | Syria
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| Istanbul Ankara Adana Antioch |
Istanbul
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| Archaeological Museum |
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| Three Critters from the Ishtar Gate |
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| "Townley" Discus Thrower Head is addition, at wrong angle. |
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| Archaeological Museum |
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| Sarcophagus |
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| Alexander Sarcophagus |
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| Alexander Sarcophagus |
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| Alexander Sarcophagus: Detail |
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| Hagia Irene |
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| Topkapi Dagger |
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| Istanbul University Gate |
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| Distant Ataturk, with students. |
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| The Golden Horn (from Asia) |
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| Hagia Sophia + Hagia Irene From the Asian side |
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| Blue Mosque (from Asia) |
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| Sprawling suburbs of Asian Istanbul |
Ankara
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| 32 miles NW of Ankara |
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| Dentics, Ankara |
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| Ataturk + Acolytes |
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| Ankara Ataturk |
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| Julian's Column (362 AD) With tradition-hallowed stork's nest |
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| Wall of Temple of Augustus Plus mysterious modern tower |
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| Ataturk Mausoleum |
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| Ataturk Cenotaph |
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| Processional Way |
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| Guardians on Processional Way |
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| Hittite Standard (3rd m. bc) Museum of Anatolian Civilizations |
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| Hittite (?) Lion Museum of Anatolian Civilizations |
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| Hittite Pottery Bull (~1500 BC) Museum of Anatolian Civilizations |
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| Ankara Citadel Gate |
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| (Restored) Ankara Citadel |
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| Central Anatolia, 42 miles S. of Ankara |
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| Lake Mogan, 62 miles SE of Ankara |
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| Mount Hasan, near Aksaray |
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| Farmland, 70 miles NW of Adana |
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| Sudden wall of the Taurus Mountains |
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| Through the Cilician Gates |
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| Through the Cilician Gates |
Adana
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| Adana Ataturk |
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| Adana's Roman Bridge |
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| Roman Bridge |
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| Sarcophagus Adana Regional Museum |
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| Fine Roman bronze Adana Regional Museum |
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| Adana's very grand new Mosque |
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| Adana cityscape |
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| Mediterranean near Iskenderun |
Antioch
The small Turkish city of Antakya, once the mighty City of Antioch.
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| Dashing Antakya Ataturk |
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| Ataturk: Poster and Statue |
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| Cave Church of St Peter |
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| Cave Church of St Peter |
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| Cave Church of St Peter |
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| Fragment of City Walls, from Antioch |
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| Fragments of City Walls |
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| Ruined City Wall Tower |
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| Orthodox Church (19th c.) |
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| Semaye Mosque |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Mosaic |
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| Antakya Museum: Hittite (?) Lions as pillar base |
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| Antakya Museum: Sarcophagus (3rd c. AD) |
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| 15 miles E of Antioch |
| Syria
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