Mount of Olives panorama

Mount of Olives panorama
A panoramic view of the Mount of Olives

Friday, May 18, 2012

Turkey Day 6: Sardis, Thyatira, and Bursa

All three of these sites were the same ones that we visited last semester.  The new pictures appear further below, but here are a few pictures from our hotel site, Aqua Fantasy





Sardis

In the Jewish synagogue at Sardis
 

 
 
Class pic at the Sardis gymnasium


The Artemis temple on the other side of the hill from ancient Sardis.







A later Byzantine church built next to the Artemis temple



Thyatira

In the remains of an ancient public building, later converted into a Christian church.  Thyatira was one of the seven churches of Asia mentioned in Rev 1-2.

Bursa

Inside the Grand Mosque at Bursa



The silk market, where Rachel and Elaine scored some nice scarves



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