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Home > Adventures Abroad > Turkey 2006 > Hierapolis-Pamukkale, 3/27/2006 Most viewed - Hierapolis-Pamukkale, 3/27/2006 Barefoot in Pamukkale542 viewsChuck and Elouise Mattox wade in the pools of Pamukkale, where shoelessness is mandatory. Empty Tomb535 viewsLara Croft was here. The White Cliffs of Pamukkale532 viewsThe hot springs located at Pamukkale are the source of mineral-rich water which flows over the cliffs, depositing calcium carbonate which hardens into travertine. The Temple of Apollo529 viewsDeliberately built on an active earthquake fault, which emits carbon dioxide gas. See the description for the Plutonion. Taking a fall525 viewsThe bottoms of the pools are quite slippery, and it's easy to take a spill. Sheep, Locals and Tourists522 viewsCherie and Sandie hang out with the locals and their ewes. The Theater at Hieropolis518 viewsThe theater was undergoing restoration during the time we visited. You could still walk up the hill to see it, and some did - and shot some magnificent pictures - but Sandie and I did not, which I regret. Unidentified Structure513 viewsI have no idea what this unique and bizarre edifice was called, but Sandie thought it was worth a picture, and so do I. The Plutonion513 viewsThe Gate to the Underworld, next to the Temple of Apollo. Leads to a small cave filled with suffocating carbon dioxide gas. The local priests knew how to find pockets of oxygen, so that they could emerge unscathed, and pretend to be under divine protection. The Theater at Hieropolis512 viewsConstructed in the reign of Hadrian (117-138 AD), the Theater seated 15,000 people and was one of the largest and finest in the ancient world. It was wrecked by an earthquake in the 7th century AD. Travertine gel512 viewsWhen water from the hot springs, supersaturated with calcium carbonate, reaches the the surface, carbon dioxide degasses from it, and the mineral precipitates out as a soft gel - hence the slipperiness of the wading pools. Eventually the gel hardens into travertine. No Picnicking510 viewsPicnics were decidedly frowned on in Hierapolis. I'm glad they printed the sign in English, because Turkish, being a non-Indo-European language, is tough to figure out. 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