During their excavation of the site in 2013, archaeologists reported witnessing several birds dropping dead after flying too close to the mouth of the passage.

Hierapolis reached its heyday in the second and third centuries A.D., after the ancient Romans took over and rebuilt the town following an earthquake. Remains dating back to Greco-Roman rule and ...

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified ...

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