Asia Minor

Warning: This blog could get boring for some of you.

Have you heard the stories of ancient Asia Minor, today known as Western Turkey? They say history is a series of drama and it sure is. The things people do. And you begin to realize the truth in Ecclesiastes: There's nothing new under the sun. What is has been before.

But looking at history and the beauty of culture and the dramas of the past, there is a certain lure and a change of perspective on that one word I used to abhor - history. And suddenly Turkey seems so enchanting. One day I must visit the ancient ruins of Asia Minor. The streets of Smyrna, the underground aqueducts of Laodicea, the acopolis of Sardis, the altar of Zeus in Pergamum, the medical halls of Philadelphia, and so on. For some pictures of archaeological sites in Turkey, click here. Click on the side menu to select your sites.



One of the steepest theater in Asia and the temple of Ascleupius (the God of healing).

The people Philadelphia was so loyal to Rome that when the Roman soldiers were failing in a certain war, they stripped clothes from their own back to clothe them. The people in Laodicea were so rich that they used their own finance to rebuilt their city after an earthquake devastated it. Smyrna was well known for its city's beauty so much so the people lived like gods and goddesses. It'll be interesting to stand over the ridges of Sardis and overlook the second lower city and into the Mediterranean Sea.

*Dreaaammmms*