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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.

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

Travertine terraces in Pamukkale, Asia Minor.

Map of ancient Hierapolis.

View of the Palaestra of ancient Hierapolis.

Funerary monuments in the necropolis of Hierapolis.

View of the Odeon of ancient Hierapolis. The ruins of a porticum in the foreground.

View of the Roman Theatre of Hierapolis.

Fragments of reliefs from the Roman Theatre of Hierapolis.

Fragments of reliefs, column bases, plan of a column and other architectural features from Hierapolis, possibly from Frontinus Gate.

The Gate of Frontinus and the ruins of an early Christian church in Hierapolis.

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

View of funerary monuments in the valley of Hierapolis.

Travertine terraces in Pamukkale.

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

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

View of the aqueduct of Laodicea in Denizli area. In the background, Maeander plain and the ruins of Hierapolis. Zeibek tents in the background.

The plain of the Maeander seen from the ancient theatre of Laodicea. A group of Zeibeks is gathered on the theatre's scene.

Zeibek costume from the Maeander plain.

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

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.

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.