Pamukkale is a town in Turkey that's famous for its dazzling ... Hellenistic period — established a thermal spa town called Hierapolis near the travertines in the second century B.C., the ...

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace ... established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. The ruins of the ...

Restoration work on the amphitheater in the Ancient Greek city of Laodicea, located in the ancient area of Smyrna, has now been completed.

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