Baths and Propylaeum - Description578 viewsIn the last sentence in the first paragraph, the second word obviously should be "brick", and a "hypocaust" is a hollow space under the floor of an ancient Roman building, into which hot air was sent for heating a room or bath.
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Stoa557 viewsA covered walkway called a stoa surrounded the central courtyard and shops of the Agora.
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Stoa and Acropolis547 viewsLooking down the stoa on the east side of the Agora toward the Acropolis, wtih some of the Byzantine-era ruins on top of it.
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Stoa Stonework589 viewsCorinthian columns supporting a corner of the stoa.
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The Stonehenge of Perge597 viewsThere was no indication on the site as to the purpose of this ringlike structure in the middle of the Agora. A cistern? A shrine? A pool? Who knows?
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Main Street of Ancient Perge583 viewsA colonnaded street led from the Hellenistic Gate to the Nymphaeum.
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Waterway570 viewsThe main street of Perge is actually a divided highway, with a 2-meter-wide water channel running down the middle.
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Hydraulic Engineering598 viewsWeirs were built into the channel to regulate the flow of water and keep the level even.
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Doorways595 viewsThe Agora hosted many shops and offices, of which only the doorways now remain.
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Cherie and Michelle at Perge589 viewsFramed by a doorway at the Agora.
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Eat at Yusuf's522 viewsThis marble tile with its carving of an eel and a knife was the equivalent of a sign identifying a restaurant, in an era when few people could read.
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Eat at Yusuf's597 viewsEels were considered a great delicacy in Roman times (and still are in many places).
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