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View of Pergamon in Asia Minor. In the background, the Acropolis of Pergamon.

The ruins of the basilica of Saint John in Pergamon.

Ruins of an ancient temple, probably the temple of Aphrodite, in Sardes, Asia Minor.

Thyateira in Asia Minor.

Philadelphia, in Asia Minor.

A Roman gate at Ephesus. In the distance the castle of Selçuk, the city adjacent to ancient Ephesus.

Map of the regions of the Eastern Mediterranean visited by Paul Lucas, drawn by Guillaume Delisle.

Seals from the lake of Iznik, Asia Minor.

View of Ankara.

Volcanic rocks, possibly at Göreme valley, Cappadocia.

Monuments on the outskirts of Caesarea.

Funerary monument, possibly at Termessos, Asia Minor.

Paul Lucas and his travelling companions fend off a band of Turkoman bandits near Karapınar, Asia Minor.

Ancient structure on the outskirts of Tarsus, built by giants according to local tradition.

Ancient inscriptions from Ankara.

Inscription in ancient Greek from Ankara.

Inscriptions in ancient Greek from Konya (38 - 40), Selymbria (41), Lüleburgaz (42), and Plovdiv (43 - 45).

Inscription in ancient Greek from Andros island (54). Inscription in ancient Greek from Konya (55-63). Inscriptions in ancient Greek from Adana (64).

Map of Symi island and the peninsula of Halicarnassus.

Map of Samos island and the Ionian coast.

Map of Lesbos island.

Map of islets near Bozcaada and the opposite coast.

Midas monument at the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eski Sehir.

Boustrophedon inscription, recorded by William Gell, from the throne of a statue at the Sacred Way of Didyma, the road leading from the Temple of Apollo to the sea. Inscription from a helmet at Olympia, votive offering of the city of Syracuse. William Leake cites the latter inscription to show how in Doric inscripions vowel crasis is employed so that inscriptions can end in dactylic hexameter.

Plan of stadium and ancient theatre as they are found in Magnesia, Tralles, Sardes and Pergamon, indicating how in those cities the theatre is adjacent to the stadium.