Architecture

Present-day, the ancient city lays on the edge of the town of Selçuk in western Turkey.

It has been destroyed by a flood which covered its floor with a half-meter layer of mud and sand.

There was a marble bathtub, or rather a swimming pool, which was used not so much for hygiene purpos ...

Representatives of the Cordoba Caliphate resided there. At that time it was called Al-Muwarak. The complex consists of several parts built in different periods.

The total cost of building the villa was 5 million Crowns. Its technical equipment was at the highes ...

This was condemned by the then-mayor of the city, who called the act a "crime against the nation." The "artists" surrendered themselves to justice.

According to Islamic tradition, graves cannot be decorated.

He visited Egypt around 25 BC a few years after it was conquered by Octavian Augustus. In his work e ...