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Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
A guide to the early history and archaeological sites of Turkey's
Mediterranean coast, covering the ancient provinces of Lycia,
Pamphylia, Cilicia and part of the Pisidia Heritage Trail. Included
are Cnidus, site of Praxiteles' famous nude statue of Aphrodite;
Myra and Xanthus and the rock tombs of Lycia; the city of Antalya;
the ruins of Perge and Side; Alanya with its impressive walls; the
aite of Selinus (where Trajan died); Silifke (where Frederick
Barbarossa drowned); Tarsus (where St Paul was born) and the bay of
Iskenderun, where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia
at the Battle of Issus. The guide ends at the Syrian border with
the city of Antakya, ancient Antioch, near which St Simeon Stylites
and other early Christian ascetics lived their lives on top of tall
pillars.
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, one of the most
important in Greece, houses masterpieces of Greek art associated
with the history of Ancient Macedonia, from the 2nd millennium BC
to the 4th century BC and the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the
Great. The Guide to the Museum presents the rich, varied finds from
Vergina, Sindos and Derveni and many other important Macedonian
sites. Detailed illustrations accompany the descriptions of the
objects on display. The introduction to Ancient Macedonia and the
informative texts prefacing the descriptions of individual sections
are designed to set the objects on display in their historical
context, to help visitors to the Museum to enjoy the beauty of
ancient art and follow the history of Macedonia.
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