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Travertine gel200 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.
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Mausoleum194 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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Temple of Apollo193 viewsThis Apollo, the chief god of Hierapolis, was linked to an ancient Anatolian sun-god, Lairbenos.
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Sheep, Locals and Tourists188 viewsCherie and Sandie hang out with the locals and their ewes.
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Spa Pools179 viewsWhere you can swim among sunken artifacts of the ancient city.
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Town in Turkey177 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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Encounters on the Road161 viewsTurkish kids and a donkey. Somewhere between Aphrodisias and Pamukkale.
 
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