Atop the glorious pile of travertine that is Pamukkale (photos 1, 2, & 3), there is an ancient ruined city called Hierapolis. It was founded by the Romans in the second century BC, and was constructed (not surprisingly) from the most common locally available stone: travertine.
A tomb with a view:
This last one is a tomb, partially engulfed by laminations of calcite… Time and travertine wait for no man:
A travertine city atop travertine. Brilliant!
Gorgeous pictures (and fiancée), by the way. This was a great series.
Thanks!
Nice pictures!
From “The life of Brian”, discussing about how bad is living under the Roman fist…
“-And what have the Romans ever given us in return?
-The aqueduct?
-Oh. Yeah, they did give us that. That’s true, yeah.
-And the sanitation.
-Yeah, the sanitation. Remember what the city used to be like?
I’ll grant you the aqueduct and sanitation, the two things the Romans have done.
-And the roads.
-Obviously the roads. The roads go without saying, don’t they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct and the roads…
-Irrigation. Medicine. Education.
-Yeah, yeah, all right, fair enough.”
attractive