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Eat at Yusuf's261 viewsEels were considered a great delicacy in Roman times (and still are in many places).
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A Spring Afternoon in Perge260 viewsA view from up by the Nymphaeum, down the main street back toward the Hellenistic Gate.
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Hydraulic Engineering260 viewsWeirs were built into the channel to regulate the flow of water and keep the level even.
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Gate and Acropolis253 viewsIn the background, behind the Hellenistic Gate, looms the Acropolis of Perge. Reportedly most of the remains there date from the Byzantine period.
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Sandie in Perge252 viewsA nymph visits the Nymphaeum.
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Doorways251 viewsThe Agora hosted many shops and offices, of which only the doorways now remain.
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Capital251 viewsThis view of the column somewhat overlaps with the previous shot; I wanted to capture the top and the figure of Artemis in one picture.
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Main Street of Ancient Perge248 viewsA colonnaded street led from the Hellenistic Gate to the Nymphaeum.
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The Stonehenge of Perge248 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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Stoa Stonework247 viewsCorinthian columns supporting a corner of the stoa.
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Baths and Propylaeum - Description247 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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Roman Baths243 viewsA section of the Roman Baths near the city gates.
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