Mountain close to Hierapolis and Pamukkale

Early morning talk at the entrance to Hierapolis with mountains in the background.

As the sign says, we are now in what used to be Phrygia.

Many tombs line the street going into the city. Cemeteries were not allowed inside the city walls.

The mountains framed in an ancient door.

This was once part of a tomb, presumably one of a rich person.

Some of the tombs are more elaborate than others.

A sarcophagus

The wall is in good shape because it was covered by the earth for so long.

If you didn't know, you might think the tombs were little houses.

The necropolis covered a lot of area.

Only a small percentage of the tombs remain upright

Two days after the start of spring and the trees are blossoming.

The road into the city was once lined with these tombs.

On the end of a sarcophagus.

Something is almost certainly buried here.

What a view we had.

One of the gates to the city.

A gate to the city.