HIEROPOLIS…..
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The travertine crust extends for great distances…..
After 3,000 years people are still using the pools and the baths…. Although measures have been taken to protect the travertine from so much human contact.
Some of this stuff is hard to comprehend from engineering, architectural, or even practical points of view….. (taken through the bus window, sorry)
Rubble and buildings from the centuries between early pre-Roman eras through the end of the Roman empire makes putting it back together again even more difficult.
The buildings and rubble go on for miles. This was a major city…… We had to take a bus to get from one end to the other.
Lady Jane, our SATNAV or GPS, got lost in the maze of local and tiny Aphrodisias roads……
It took the local kids and an adult (none of whom spoke a word of English) to sort out what Lady Jane could not.
A family on an outing just north of Aphrodisias…. One of many that we saw.
Bunny brought her new friend some small gifts. She reciprocated with gifts of her own. What a bond these two formed in such a short time… a grandmother’s connection. The whole experience in Aphrodisias was a gift.
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