6/10/18 – Veria & Thessaloniki
Today was our visit to Thessalonica – 328 miles north of Athens and built near the sea. We saw the ancient forum – dated to the late 2nd or early […]
Today was our visit to Thessalonica – 328 miles north of Athens and built near the sea. We saw the ancient forum – dated to the late 2nd or early […]
Today was our visit to Philippi – a city known for its gold mines. Thus, the city was a very prosperous one. It was founded by Philip II in 356 […]
Today we crossed the Greece border into Turkey and visited Troy and Alexandria Troas – where Paul raised Eutychus from the dead. Troy is one of the most famous archaeological […]
Today was our visit to Pergamos – one of the seven churches mentioned in chapter 2 of Revelation. It is about 15 miles from the Aegean Sea. We saw a […]
Today was our visit to Thyatira – a town noted for its trade guilds. There was not much to see, but much to learn about the letter to the church […]
In Sardis we saw ruins of the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We also viewed the gymnasium-bathhouse – a large 2nd century complex […]
Miletus was one of the first in the ancient world to mint coins. A Roman theater was built here and considered one of the best preserved and most impressive structure […]
Today we visited the important site of Patmos – the location where John received the book of Revelation. Special insights: The letters to the churches in chapters 2 and 3 […]
Ephesus had the magnificent Temple of Artemis or Diana – one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. See model below. It was 4 times larger than the Parthenon. […]