Ancient Ruins
The Library of Celsus, Ephesus. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Turkey is the densest archaeological landscape on earth: Hittite capitals, Greek cities, Roman theatres, Byzantine churches, and Göbekli Tepe, the 12,000-year-old temple that predates agriculture.
Ephesus is the best-preserved classical city in the Mediterranean; Aspendos has the best-preserved Roman theatre in the world; Hattuşa and Troy go deeper still.
