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| Tetrapylon - Grand Entry Arch
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Enormous Roman Stadium
Supposedly 30,000 seats, packed tight.
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| Roman Stadium
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| Temple of Aphrodite
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| Temple of Aphrodite
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| Bouleuterion (Council chamber) / Odeon
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| 7,000 seat Theater
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| Sebasteion: Memorial Temple to Early Emperors
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| Sebasteion: detail
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| Sarcophagus
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| Sarcophagus
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| Local Governor, ~500AD
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| With a fashionable Constantinopolitan hairstyle
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| Satyr with baby Dionysos, 2/3 c AD
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| Local Magistrate, ~200 AD
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| Aphrodite borne by Tritons, 4th c AD
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| Reliefs from the Sebasteion, circa 60 AD
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| Nero, crowned by Agrippina
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| Augustus + Winged Nike of Victory
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| Claudius subdues Britannia
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| Emperor Nero, holding Orb, with captive
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| Bellerophon + Pegasus
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| Prometheus, being freed by Herakles
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| The view from below...
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| A chunk of snowy white travertine
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| The view from above...
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| View across travertine pools
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| Ugly South Byzantine Gate, 5th c AD
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| Remains of ancient Gymnasium
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| Restored ancient theater
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| Remains of Temple of Apollo
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| Ruined Agora
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| Roman Baths
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| Elegant Frontinus Gate. Monumental Entry, 1st c AD
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| Ugly North Byzantine gate (4th c AD)
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| Museum: Sarcophagus
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| Priestess of Isis (2nd c AD)
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| Poseidon, 2nd c AD
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| Triton, 2nd c AD
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| Hadrian's Gate, ~132 AD
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| Hadrian's gate: reverse side
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Intriguing local art
An ancient tourist being interviewed??
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| Old clock tower
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| Hidrilik Tower, based on 2nd c AD Consular Mausoleum
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A neolithic settlement, from aound 7500 BC. One of the first proto-cties.
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| Protective shelter over main excavation, plus archaeologists!
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| Recreated Çatalhöyük house
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| Giant replica of classic Çatalhöyük figurine
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| Shelter for South excavation
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| South excavation
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| South excavation
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| Shelter for main excavation
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| Main excavation
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| Main excavation
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| Main excavation
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| Alaaddin Mosque + Seljuk Tombs
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| Alaaddin Mosque, from 1220
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| Alaaddin Mosque interior
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| Alaaddin Mosque interior
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| Alaaddin Mosque interior
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| Decahedral Seljuk tombs
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| Karatay Madrasa
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| Hercules Sarcophagus. Showing his labors. 3rd c AD
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| Sarcophagus, 3rd c AD
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| Çatalhöyük wall art. ~6500 BC
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| Çatalhöyük wall art. ~6500 BC
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| Çatalhöyük neolithic figurine
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| Çatalhöyük: Neolithic daggers
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| Çatalhöyük: Neolithic bone rings
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West Turkey
