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Forside / Turkey / Asclepieum (Asklepieion) and Pergamon /

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.

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asklepieion_DSC6484.jpg The Sacred Way with view towards PergamumMiniaturebillederTony on the path to AsklepieionThe Sacred Way with view towards PergamumMiniaturebillederTony on the path to AsklepieionThe Sacred Way with view towards PergamumMiniaturebillederTony on the path to AsklepieionThe Sacred Way with view towards PergamumMiniaturebillederTony on the path to Asklepieion

[Asklepieion - Pergamum - Turkey]