Saturday, September 01, 2007

Streets of Anatolia’s historic Laodicea to reopen

"Streets of Anatolia’s historic Laodicea to reopen
Laodicea, an ancient Anatolian city located near İzmir and second only to Ephesus in size, is to open to the public.

The largest and most important ancient city of the Çürüksü (Lycus) river valley, located six kilometers east of Denizli and close to the Eskihisar, Goncalı and Bozburun villages, will open to the public with a ceremony some 1,300 years after being all but completely abandoned. Pamukkale University archeologist and Laodicea Digs Director Professor Celal Şimşek said 400 meters of the 900-meter-long Suriye Street would be opened in a ceremony on Sept. 7."

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