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View of the ruins of Magnesia on the Meander.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Magnesia on the Maeander, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Magnesia on the Meander, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of Alinda or Alexandria by Latmus and the modern village of Karpuzlu.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Castles and fortresses, Karpuzlu / anc. Alinda – Alexandria by Latmus, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Alinda, Turkey, Views

Panoramic view of Maeander plain from the Roman Theatre of Nyssa in Caria. The plate shows the remaining parts of the aqueduct and the bridge of Nyssa, only second in size to the birdge of Pergamon among ancient bridges.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Nyssa, Ancient theatres, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bridge of Nyssa, Bridges, Maeander plain, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Nyssa in Caria, Sultanhisar / anc. Nyssa of Caria, Turkey, Views

The gorge of Lycus river (today Çürüksu). According to Herodotus, here the river disappears underground to resurface again furher away. Following Herodotus' text Laborde discovered this location near ancient Colossae and the Greek village of Chonae.

Tags: Asia Minor, Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Çürüksu (anc. Lycus) river, Gorges, Honaz /gr. Chonai / anc. Colossae, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Views

The remains of the Ancient Theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, in modern-day Yenicekent, Asia Minor.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Tents, Turkey, Views, Yenicekent / anc. Tripolis of Phrygia

View of the necropolis of Hierapolis. Traveller reading an inscription on a funerary monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Hierapolis, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Sarcophagi, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Travel, Turkey, Views

Sarcophagi and other fragments of ancient monuments near a cascade at Pamukkale.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Lakes, Natural environment, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Sarcophagi, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views, Waterfalls

Travertine terraces in Pamukkale.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Camels, Denizli, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Travel, Turkey, Views

View of funerary monuments in the valley of Hierapolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Hierapolis, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of the Roman Theatre and the ruins of Hierapolis. In the background, the travertine terraces of Pamukkale.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Human types, Natural environment, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of the Palaestra of ancient Hierapolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Denizli, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

Travertine terraces in Pamukkale, Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Denizli, Natural environment, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of a mosque in the town of Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Caramania, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Turkey, Views, Wells, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

Peasant using the cover of an ancient sarcophagus as a drinking trough, outside Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caramania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Wells, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

Ancient ruins possibly of Seleucia of Pisidia or Seleucia Sidera, close to Bayat village, Asia Minor.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bayat / anc. Seleucia of Pisidia or Seleucia Sidera, Human types, Turkey, Views

The outskirts of Afyon Karahisar.

Tags: Afyonkarahisar / anc. Akroinοn, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

The Phrygian monumental tomb called Arslan Kaplan Kümbet at Kümbet village, in the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arslan Kaplan Kümbet monument, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Funerary monuments, Human types, Kümbet, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views

View of Kümbet village.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Carriages, Cemeteries, Equids, Funerary monuments, Human types, Kümbet, Modes of transport, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views

Forest in the region called Kosref Pasha Khan, near Afyon Karahisar.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Human types, Kosref Pasha Khan, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Travel, Turkey, Views, Women

Natural rock formations in the village of Kümbet, Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Equids, Human types, Kümbet, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views

View of Midas monument in the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eski Sehir. The whole of the ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Midas monument, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of the rock-cut monuments in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the larger territory of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Tents, Travel, Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of the rock-cut monuments in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the larger territory of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bovids, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

Side view of the rock-cut monument known as “small Yazılıkaya” in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Animal husbandry, Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Sheep, Shepherds, Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of the city of Afyon Karahisar and the castle's fortifications.

Tags: Afyonkarahisar / anc. Akroinοn, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Castle of Afyon Karahisar, Castles and fortresses, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of Afyon Karahisar in Asia Minor.

Tags: Afyonkarahisar / anc. Akroinοn, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cemeteries, Funerary monuments, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of the Mausoleum of Ertugrul, father of Osman I, in Söğüt, Bithynia. Osman I was buried at the same location as his father but his remains were later transferred to Bursa, where his mausoleum stands today.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Funerary monuments, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mausoleums, Ottoman monuments, Söğüt / gr. Thebasion, Tomb of Ertugrul (Ertuğrul Gazi Türbesi), Turkey, Views

View of the Mausoleum of Ertugrul, father of Osman I, in Söğüt, Bithynia. Osman I was buried at the same location as his father but his remains were later transferred to Bursa, where his mausoleum stands today.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mausoleums, Ottoman monuments, Söğüt / gr. Thebasion, Tomb of Ertugrul (Ertuğrul Gazi Türbesi), Turkey, Views, Women

General view of the the city of Sögüt, birthplace of Sultan Osman I, in Bithynia.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Natural environment, Pack animals, Söğüt / gr. Thebasion, Turkey, Views

Landscape at Gallus river (today Kara Su), on the ouskirts of the town of Vezirhan.

Tags: Asia Minor, Karasu (anc. Gallus) river, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Vezirhan, Views

On of the gates of Iznik, possibly Lake Gate, from the interior of the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gates, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Lake Gate / Göl Kapısı (Iznik), Turkey, Views, Walls

Lefke Gate or Eastern Gate of Iznik.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gate Lefke (Lefke Kapısı) / Eastern Gate (Iznik), Gates, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Walls

The gate of Constantinople, or Northern Gate of Iznik, from outside the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Gate of Istanbul (Istanbul Kapısı) / Northern Gate (Iznik), Gates, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Iznik

General view of Iznik (Nicaea).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Funerary monuments, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi, Sarcophagus of Nicaea, Turkey, Views

The sarcophagus of Nicaea, on the outskirts of the city.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Funerary monuments, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Sarcophagi, Sarcophagus of Nicaea, Turkey, Views

Landscape at lake Sabanca (in Greek Boane) on the outskirts of Izmit, from the road connecting Izmit to Justinian's Bridge on Sakarya river.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Horses, Human types, Izmit / gr. Nicomedia, Lakes, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Sapanca / gr. Boane, Travel, Turkey, Views

Street before a café, Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Cafés / Cafeneia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Istanbul, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Weapons

View of Seraglio Point, Istanbul, from the French consulate.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Istanbul, Natural environment, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the Bosporus and the settlement of Büyükdere.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bosporus, Bridges, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Natural environment, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of Büyükdere on the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Houses, Natural environment, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of Bursa and the Grand Mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bursa, Bursa Grand Mosque (Bursa Ulu Camii), Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Turkey, Views

Rock-cut tomb in Gelenbe, Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Gelenbe / anc. Calamos, Human types, Views

The travellers' caravan halts at a rock-cut tomb in Gelenbe, Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Funerary monuments, Gelenbe / anc. Calamos, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Travel, Views

View of the area Pinarbasi, near the sources of Scamander river. In the 19th century Pinarbasi was thought to be the site of ancient Troy.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bovids, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Pınarbaşı – Ezine, Turkey, Views

View of the settlement of Kemanli Kevi, situated between Izmir and Manisa.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Houses, Human types, Kemanli Kevi, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

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