The weather report was better so we headed off on the train south to Selcuk then caught a taxi the 3km to the top gate.
The site is quite impressive and you can see that a lot of restoration work is continually going on. You can also see that it had been dirt and grass covered farmland for a long time, there are sheep goats still grazing.
The city was home to 200,000 people at its peak and had been on the harbour but that silted up and now the sea is quite a long way away.
The view down the marble road to the library facade is awesome. There is underground infrastructure like pottery pipes everywhere and the hillsides along the road are covered by a mass of what appears to be multi level brick houses. It's amazing that after 1500 - 2000 years the domed roofs covered in dirt grazed by animals and with trees growing haven't all caved in.
Anyway, enough rambling, heres the pics.
Pottery pipes
Top of a drain
Check out the software. Roman sandals, ha ha.
It looks more impressive when you see it for yourself. But WOW.
Library
25,000 seat theatre
Part of a mosaic on the side of the street
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