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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.