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Home / Turkey / Asclepieum (Asklepieion) and Pergamon 51
It may be safe to drink, but I'm not taking any risk
Jars of saffron which this region seem to have quantities of
Looking back at Pergamon on the hill
Market stalls
Pergamon on the hill
Saffron stall
Souvenir headgear
Spot where Galen started his herbal treatment
Spring water at Asklepieion
Spring water pond
Spring water pond, but unfortunately with litter in it
The 3,500 seat Roman theatre at Asklepieion
The aliens have got Tony
The Sacred Way with view towards Pergamum
This column with two serpents is a symbol of medicine. Snakes renew their bodies by shedding skin and hence the belief that snakes have healing power.