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Musical Parrot636 viewsThe parrot was actually singing and playing the guitar. The proprietor was just faking it.Jul 15, 2019
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Entertainment at the Anatolia Restaurant632 viewsA song and guitar duet by proprietor and parrot.Jul 15, 2019
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Bas-Relief in the Museum624 viewsThis was among the works of art on display in the museum.Jul 15, 2019
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Gaius Julius Zoilus587 viewsPerhaps captured by pirates, Zoilus was sold to Julius Caesar. Upon Caesar's assassination, Zoilus was passed to his heir Octavian, who eventually freed him. Zoilus returned to his native city a wealthy man, and became a leading citizen, initiating an expansive building program.Jul 15, 2019
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Kenan Erim's Last Resting Place500 viewsKenan Erim was a Turkish-born professor at New York University who was largely responsible for the excavation of the ancient city of Aphrodisias, which he supervised from 1961 to his death in 1990.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias631 viewsThe culvert-like stadium entrance.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias623 viewsPam Bloxham, Jim Windlinger and the Lindquists check out the Stadium.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias610 viewsThe tour group members are dwarfed by the size of the stadium.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias610 viewsOne can imagine Ben-Hur and Messala duking it out in chariot races here.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias622 viewsRuins infested by members of our tour group.Jul 15, 2019
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias630 viewsOne of the largest and best-preserved structures of its kind, the Stadium seated 30,000 people.Jul 15, 2019
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The Bouleterion, or Odeon635 viewsCity council meetings were held here. Originally had a vaulted ceiling and seated 1,750 people, but the upper seating rows have collapsed, along with the roof. Dates from the late second or early third century AD.Jul 15, 2019
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