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October, Istanbul
Haci Mimi
Apartment 53TL
Did you know that St Nicholas (Father
Christmas) was born in Turkey? Did you know that the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers of Upper Mesopotamia originate in Turkey? Did you know that the Lydians
collected alluvial gold on fleece sieves and minted the first pure gold and
silver coins in Turkey? Did you know that Noah’s ark is said to have come to
rest on Mount Ararat in Turkey? Did you know that at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is
the oldest man-made place of worship yet discovered, constructed 12,000 years
ago by nomadic hunter-gatherers and pre-dating Stonehenge by 7,000 years? Did
you know that cherries originate from Turkey? Did you know that Çatalhöyϋk
outside Konya is one of the oldest known sedentary or built settlements? Did
you know the warrior women Amazons were thought to have lived on the Black Sea
coast? Did you know that heroes and villains, their names made familiar to us
through history books, legends and myths, once lived and loved, built and
destroyed, fought and died here? Agamemnon and Achilles pursued Helen to Troy;
Midas bathed in the river from which Croesus obtained his gold; St Paul
lectured to the Ephesians; Alexander the Great cut the Gordion knot... Charl is
not well, so we spent a quiet day at home.
Tigris River
Tigris River
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Mount Ararat
Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe
Çatalhöyϋk
Çatalhöyϋk
Amazon warrior
Troy
Troy
Ephesus
Ephesus