Travels in Turkey

Susan Daly

Strait of the Dardanelles

Turkish Gallipolli Memorial

Seljuk Fortress

Asian side of Dardanelles

Cannakale

A Kodak moment

Trojan Horse

Troy’s outer walls

Defensive walls are sloped to

make climbing them impossible.

Many levels of civilization

Troy represents many layers of civilization. Each one is built on top of the earlier one.

A small Roman built theatre

Pergamum – a Helenistic city

A Temple

Egg and dart decorations

A spectacular view

This theatre seated 20,000 people.

A walkway through the fortress

Beautiful construction over 2,000 years old.

Plans for these temples when new.

Huge stones were used.

Acanthus leaves decorate a column

Old and new Pergamum

A theatre

There was a hospital at Askelepios where the famous physician Galen practiced medicine.It specialized in

treating mental illness.

A bath complex

A Roman arch

This was used for treatments

When patients were admitted to this hospital, they were told that death

could not enter here. They were given warm baths and encouraged to

exercise. As they walked through this tunnel, they heard voices telling them they would get well. These were the

physicians talking through the skylights.

A physician ‘s cadecus

A sacred spring

Library

The holes and the channel are to let lead flow so the column stays together.

The Temple of Artemis

Basilica of St. John

Statue of Artemis

Seljuk fortress & Isa Bey Mosque

A stork on top of the column

Afrodisias School of sculpture

Rich soil in this valley

Theatre

Remnants of the stage

Uvunc & Rebecca

Stadium seating 30,000

Stadium

Marble details

Hieropolis is a gigantic necropolis with more than 4,000 tombs. Some are

mounds of dirt called tumulus,others are single sarcophogus and the rest

are family mausoleums. Since Pamukkale was a spa in Roman times, sick people came here for treatments and some died and were buried here.

A tumulus tomb at Hieropolis

Main street at Hieropolis

Ruins of the Baths

Pamukkale white pools