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Aphrodisias

This is the city of Aphrodite, god of love and fertility. The site was a shrine as early as 5800BC though most of what's left is from 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It is much less touristy than Ephesus, thus it provides visitors a better sense of what it was like in the Roman time. Fig and pomegranate trees (symbol of fertility) are planted throughout the site.
Marble way to the site
Marble way to the site		 Theatre built in 27BC
Theatre built in 27BC		 Colonnaded way
Colonnaded way		 The lizard is huge and so are the ants
The lizard is huge and so are the ants
Baths of Hadrian
Baths of Hadrian		 School of Philosophy where teachers and students could work in small group
School of Philosophy where teachers and students could work in small group		 Temple of Aphrodite
Temple of Aphrodite		 Another view of the Temple of Aphrodite
Another view of the Temple of Aphrodite
The Stadium
The Stadium		 Tetrapylon - gateway to Aphrodisias
Tetrapylon - gateway to Aphrodisias		 Marble frieze of the Tetrapylon
Marble frieze of the Tetrapylon		 Tetrapylon and the Temple of Aphrodisias in the distance
Tetrapylon and the Temple of Aphrodisias in the distance
Aphrodisias was home of a famous sculpture school
Aphrodisias was home of a famous sculpture school		 Some of the sculptures on display in the museum
Some of the sculptures on display in the museum		 Blue-gray marble coffin with elaborate carvings
Blue-gray marble coffin with elaborate carvings		 Potteries
Potteries

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