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Ancient sacred sites in Mersin, Turkey
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Adamkayalar
Mersin, Turkey
In a narrow canyon in the Cilician Taurus foothills, nine niches have been cut into the rock face and filled with carved figures — eleven men, four women, two children, a...
Elaiussa Sebaste
Mersin, Turkey
Elaiussa Sebaste began on a small island in the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean's Cilician coast and grew outward until it connected to the mainland by a built...
Olba
Mersin, Turkey
Thirty-two kilometres into the Taurus Mountains above Silifke, the ancient sanctuary city of Olba preserves the oldest peristyle Corinthian temple in Asia Minor — rebuilt...
Uzuncaburç
Mersin, Turkey
Uzuncaburç was once the divine capital of the Olba kingdom, where a priestly dynasty ruled in the name of Zeus Olbios....
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