Antalya
Hall of Gods – Antalya Museum
Roman Harbour, Antalya
Temple of Athena, Side
Burning Rocks
Returning to Sea
YAIRT
Mosaic Floor
Church of St Nicholas
Lycian Tomb
In the Dining Room
Amazing Polygonal Stone Work
Relief Carving of a Dolphin
Main Street, Patara
Gladiator Paraphanelia
Mosaic, Letoön
YAIRT
A Scattered Inscribed Stone
Shuttered Windows
Could You Say No to This Face?
Bodrum Castle
Jo and the Volcano
Crystals of Sulphur
Tetrapylon, Afrodisias
The Antique Pool of Hierapolis
A Tomb on the Clifftop
Swimming, Pamukkale Style
Pamukkale
Pools of Pamukkale
Column Bases
Column Pieces
The Great Theatre of Miletus
Ephesians, Chapter II
Ephesians, Chapter I
Library of Celsus, Ephesus
Terrace House Mosaic
Stork Nest Atop an Ancient Pillar
Going Nowhere
A Scattered Piece
The Red Basilica of Pergamos
A Very Impressive Hellenistic Theatre, Pergamum
The Temple of Trajan, Pergamum
The City of Afyonkarahisar
Afyon Citadel
Sea Jelly
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Can You Hear the Crowd?


This Roman stadium, in Afrodisias, was used for many purposes, but the most exciting for our minds to try and imagine is the gladiatorial contests. This is not reconstructed at all, just how it is after all these years without being plundered for building materials. The seats are overgrown, but still clearly defined the whole way around. Gates enter the arena from both ends, and the little boy in me could not resist walking through them, onto the open area, and giving a wave to the imaginary crowd that erupted into an incredible roar. When we told Ben, our nephew, what we had seen, and about the gladiators once fighting here, he asked if there were any bones still lying around. Now, that would have been really cool!
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