Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tuesday, May 31




After Aphrodisias, we continued west to Pamukkale, the site of the ancient city of Hieropolis. Pamukkale is particularly interesting because the spring at Hieropolis contains a large amount of calcium that has built up over the millenia that the water has flowed over the mountainside. The result is a white cliff face of calcium carbonate. We were able to walk up from the bottom of the mountainside to the site barefoot (since shoes damage the site).

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