Myra - Ancient Theatre ruins

Turkey's Magical Highways Day 10 +

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October 18th 2014
More time spent in Antalya and then on to Myra where we visited ancient Roman ruins. We climbed into the large theater still has intact marble seats and mask friezes in the elaborate stage area. It seated around 10,000 people. The archaeologists estimate the size of the cities by measuring how large the theatre is times 10. So, if they are correct, there were approximately 100,000 people in the ar ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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