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