The theatre of Aspendos is of Roman origin. The stage house has been preserved at its full height and, together with the theatres in Orange (southern France) and Bosra (Syria), is thus one of the last three ancient theatres with a fully intact stage house.

#Gerdekkaya is a monumental portico grave. The front imitates the facade of a Doric building. The front was restored in 1991. (Photo 4)

The Temple of Apollo in Didim Unlike Miletus or Priene, Didyma was not a city, but a place of worship dedicated to the god Apollo. The temple of Apollo, as an important oracle shrine, was only surpassed in its size by the Artemision in Ephesus and the Heraion in Ionia.

Maltaş, 35 km north of Afyonkarahisar The temple façade Maltaş is within sight, 700 m from the Phrygian rock chamber tombs Aslantaş (Lion's stone) and Yilantaş (Snake stone), on a dirt road that is easy to drive on in dry weather.

#GemilerAdası, St. Nicholas Island, near Fethiye The Gemiler Adası (Island of Boats) is a Byzantine monastery island, of which many archaeologists assume that the original tomb of St Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, was located here.

#Assos, the Doric temple of Athena at the highest point of the city hill was built around 530-520 BC.

Nemrut Dağı in Cappadocia On the top of the mountain rises a monumental combination of sanctuary and tomb. It was built by the late Hellenistic king Antiochos I. Theos (69-36 BC) of Kommagene. tuerkei-antik.de/Fotoseiten/inl…

Sagalassos, approx. 90 km as the crow flies from Antalya at an altitude of 1,450 to 1,600 m, not far from today's village Ağlasun in the Turkish province of Burdur.

Mother Goddess from Çatalhöyük (Turkey), neolithic age (about 5500-6000 BC), today in Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara

The Alahan Monastery (turkish Alahan Manastırı) is an early Byzantine ruin, 11 km north of Mut and 2 km above the D715, the road from Silifke to Karaman.

The lion grave in Kümbet (Aslanli Magbet) dates back to the Phrygian period. In the Roman epoch it was used again as a burial place. The tomb is named after Solon, whose name is written in the inscription on the lintel of the main room.

A new day, a new year! Let's wish that 2020 was less exciting will be more than the old year. Happy new year, dear friends

Aslantaş and Yilantaş in Phrygia Aslantaş (also Arslantaş (Lion's stone) and Yılantaş (Snake stone) are two Phrygian rock chamber graves in the Phrygian valley.

The temple façade Maltaş is within sight, 700 m from the Phrygian rock chamber tombs Aslantaş (Lion's stone) and Yilantaş (Snake stone), on a dirt road that is easy to drive on in dry weather.

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Aizanoi According to the founding legend, Aizanoi was founded by Arcadian settlers. Archaeological evidence of settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C., but a more extensive settlement was only established in Hellenistic times. tuerkei-antik.de/Fotoseiten/inl…

Gordion was the capital of the Phrygian Empire and was rediscovered in 1895 by the brothers Gustav and Alfred Körte. In 1900 the first excavations were carried out on the settlement hill and some tumulus graves were explored in the surrounding area. tuerkei-antik.de/Fotoseiten/inl…

Aphrodisias The name Aphrodisias is derived from the cult of Aphrodite, which was practiced in the central temple of Aphrodite. reiseinfo-tuerkei.de/Interessante_O…