At St. John's

Ancient city of Ephesus

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April 10th 2008
Yesterday we arrived in Selchuk, the nearest modern town to the ancient site of Ephesus. But I'll start with yesterday morning... We went to the sites of ancient Pergamon. They were pretty cool, but very similar to all of the other ancient sites we have seen. Lots of pillars and a huge theater that held 14,000 people. We also went to the Aesclepion, which was the ancient hospital area. That was re ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Selçuk

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more