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Palace Garden728 viewsMuch attention and care was devoted to the flowers growing on the grounds of the Dolmabahçe Palace, and the flowers showed their appreciation.
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Pictures at an Exhibition727 viewsChuck and Sandie check out some of the pictures on the wall near the Surveryor Lunar Lander. Space Camp promotes international amity; even Greek and Turkish kids get along fine here, regardless of their parents' hostilities. (No Armenians though.)
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View from the Amphitheater726 viewsOverlooking the South Agora and the Baths of Hadrian (background, right).
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Gaius Julius Zoilus726 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.
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Empty Tomb726 viewsLara Croft was here.
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Antique Splendor726 viewsBuilt in the second century CE, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, the Aspendos Theater is 96 meters, or 315 feet, across.
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Side Agora726 viewsBeyond the collapsed walls of the theater, the remains of the ancient Agora are visible. The Side Agora was a marketplace where pirates sold captives as slaves. (Where do you think all those slaves in the ancient world came from?)
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Rube Goldberg Improvisation726 viewsChuck and Elouise concocted some cockamamie scheme to try to capture the onset of totality, while I looked on with bemused scepticism. Don't remember how well their crazy apparatus worked.
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Istanbul Spring726 viewsSpring flowers were beginning to bloom as we trekked through the residential areas near the palace.
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Directions to the Brothel725 viewsThe footprint indicated the way to go; the purse next to the hole announced that it wasn't free, and the hole was for measuring whether you had enough coins to afford it.
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Eek!725 viewsNow he knows it wasn't a good idea.
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The Stadium at Aphrodisias725 viewsOne of the largest and best-preserved structures of its kind, the Stadium seated 30,000 people.
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