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Aphrodisias

Tetrapylon - Grand Entry Arch

Enormous Roman Stadium Supposedly 30,000 seats, packed tight.

Roman Stadium

Temple of Aphrodite

Temple of Aphrodite

Bouleuterion (Council chamber) / Odeon

7,000 seat Theater

Sebasteion: Memorial Temple to Early Emperors

Sebasteion: detail

Aphrodisias Museum

Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus

Local Governor, ~500AD

With a fashionable Constantinopolitan hairstyle

Satyr with baby Dionysos, 2/3 c AD

Local Magistrate, ~200 AD

Aphrodite borne by Tritons, 4th c AD

Aphrodisias Museum: Sebasteion Reliefs

Reliefs from the Sebasteion, circa 60 AD

Nero, crowned by Agrippina

Augustus + Winged Nike of Victory

Claudius subdues Britannia

Emperor Nero, holding Orb, with captive

Bellerophon + Pegasus

Prometheus, being freed by Herakles

Pamukkale Travertines

The view from below...

A chunk of snowy white travertine

The view from above...

View across travertine pools

Hieropololis

Ugly South Byzantine Gate, 5th c AD

Remains of ancient Gymnasium

Restored ancient theater

Remains of Temple of Apollo

Ruined Agora

Roman Baths

Elegant Frontinus Gate. Monumental Entry, 1st c AD

Ugly North Byzantine gate (4th c AD)

Museum: Sarcophagus

Priestess of Isis (2nd c AD)

Poseidon, 2nd c AD

Triton, 2nd c AD

Antalya

Hadrian's Gate, ~132 AD

Hadrian's gate: reverse side

Intriguing local art An ancient tourist being interviewed??

Old clock tower

Hidrilik Tower, based on 2nd c AD Consular Mausoleum

Çatalhöyük

Protective shelter over main excavation, plus archaeologists!

Recreated Çatalhöyük house

Giant replica of classic Çatalhöyük figurine

Shelter for South excavation

South excavation

South excavation

Shelter for main excavation

Main excavation

Main excavation

Main excavation

Konya

Alaaddin Mosque + Seljuk Tombs

Alaaddin Mosque, from 1220

Alaaddin Mosque interior

Alaaddin Mosque interior

Alaaddin Mosque interior

Decahedral Seljuk tombs

Karatay Madrasa

Konya Arcaheological Museum

Hercules Sarcophagus. Showing his labors. 3rd c AD

Sarcophagus, 3rd c AD

Çatalhöyük wall art. ~6500 BC

Çatalhöyük wall art. ~6500 BC

Çatalhöyük neolithic figurine

Çatalhöyük: Neolithic daggers

Çatalhöyük: Neolithic bone rings

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