Calcium deposits from the hot springs at Pammukale.

The marble faces of Aphrodisias. Aphrodisias is a recently uncovered ancient city in Turkey that used to have a school for sculptors.

A sculpture in the Aphrodisias museum. The detail and emotion in the face is incredible.

The 30,000 seat stadium in Aphrodisias, as uncovered in the 1990s. Still in excellent condition. It was used for Chariot races and gladiator fights.

Chris and I hopped a Dolmus mini bus for five turkish lira each to drive to the entrance to the ancient ruins of Ephesus. First stop was Maramura, the house of the Virgin Mary. It was believed that John the Baptist brought her to retire here. An invalid catholic nun Saint Catherine had vivid dreams that her house was on a hilltop near Ephesus, and described what it looked like exactly. Two missionaries journeyed up this huge hill over a hundred and thirty years a...