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Most viewed - Hierapolis-Pamukkale, 3/27/2006 |
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The Hierapolis Necropolis459 viewsTombs of rich people. Potter's field this ain't.
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The Wading Pool455 viewsThe morning air was chilly, but the waters were warm.
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Mausoleum449 viewsIn the first centuries AD, when the city was at its height, many people came to take the waters at the thermal springs. Being in poor health, many died and were buried here in the Necropolis. Now sheep graze on their tombs.
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Town in Turkey427 viewsI don't know what its name was, because I don't know what route we took from Aphrodisias to Pamukkale. It might have been Karacasu.
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Spa Pools427 viewsWhere you can swim among sunken artifacts of the ancient city.
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Temple of Apollo421 viewsThis Apollo, the chief god of Hierapolis, was linked to an ancient Anatolian sun-god, Lairbenos.
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Encounters on the Road390 viewsTurkish kids and a donkey. Somewhere between Aphrodisias and Pamukkale.
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