Literally. Most of the sites we toured in western Turkey were inhabited in New Testament times and some of them were even mentioned in the book of Revelation. So come aboard for a tour of ancient Turkey.
This is the city of Troy, the setting of Homer's Iliad. If you haven't read the book here's a summary: Helen (a Greek) is kidnapped by the Trojans. The Greeks rescue Helen and sack Troy. The end.
Like Jericho, this site has many layers where civilizations built on top of each other.
The next site is one most people don't even know about. Assos was a city built on a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea. Paul stopped here on his third mission in 57 AD.
Pergamon is one of the 7 churches mentioned in Revelation. Notice how green it is in March.
The theater has the steepest seating of any ancient city. Just look at the first tier!
The Great Altar at Pergamon is... not here. It's actually in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The Ottomans traded it with the Germans (they were allies in WW1) in exchange for some roads. Not a very fair trade.
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