More ways Turkey was Ruined

Continuing where I left off: 

Even though it's in Turkey, Ephesus is one of the best preserved ancient Greek cities. It's probably because they were the inventors of Legos.

 

And champions of Jenga.

 

Priene was a city build by a mountain on the coast, but now the bay is filled in with silt. One neat thing about the city is how much of the original material is still around.  Most cities have little remaining because the ancient people were good at recycling.

 

Here we see sections of columns.  This style of column is studier than a the monolith one but doesn't look as nice.  This region is earthquake prone.

 

In Sardis the gymnasium was next to the synagogue.  This became a problem when Jews spent more time working out than worshipping. It's one of the seven cities mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

 

This is Thyatira, a city you've probably never heard of.  It's one of the seven cities mentioned in Revelation. Not much left.

 

Constantine's palace in Nicea (modern Iznik) held the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.  Most of the building is now submerged in Lake Nicea.  Here's a Nicea view.