Termessos

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Turkey, December 2006

1. Antalya 2. Friends 3. Termessos

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Termessos

Situated on Mt. Solyhmos, some 20 miles northwest of Antalya, Termessos is one of the best-preserved archaeological sites in Turkey.

Date: 02/08/2007

Owner: John-Paul Gillespie

Size: 45 items

Welcome to Termessos Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 26	Path to the city, 1500m high Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 23	Termessos was a Psidian city Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 24
The inhabitants of Termessos were known as the Solyms Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 28	Who liked to build things out of stones Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 24	Rather alot of things... Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 23
Alexander the Great surrounded the city in 333 B.C. Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 25	But failed to conquer it Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 22	Termessos was granted "friend and ally" status in the Roman Empire Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 19
As they weren't too keen on the hill climb either Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 20	Tombs, or sarcophagi, are everywhere Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 13	Sarcophagi Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 15
The Taurus mountains Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18	Termessos theatre Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 15	Deserted since C5th A.D. Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 19
Aaron Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 16	The theatre Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 20	The Temple of Zeus Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 17
Temple of Zeus Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 16	Inside the temple Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 17	Zeus was nowhere to be found... Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 24
The city was destroyed by a massive earthquake Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 16	Ruins Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 19	Mountain-side tomb Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 20
Who goes in first? Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 23	Tomb art Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18	Mountain top ruins Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 16
Ascending the Taurus Mountains Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 13	View from the top Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18	Dusk descends Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18
The Taurus Mountains Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18	Mountains Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 15	Aaron Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 17
Aaron and Ashidari Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 20	Poppies Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 23	Silhouettes Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 15
City of Antalya in the distance Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 19	More mountains Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 23	...more Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18
and still more... Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 14	Time to go home Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 18	Tombs thrown across the mountain side Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 14
Tombs everywhere Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 14	Trees Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 20	and Asidhari Date: 04/07/2006 Views: 26