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Basilica and exedra, Aspendos, Turkey

Basilica, a large and important public building used as meeting hall, court and council (left) and exedra, an open area with seating and statues (right), at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. Although settled before 1000 BC, Aspendos grew under the Greeks and subsequently the Persians and Romans, before declining in importance from the 4th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Basilica, a large and important public building used as meeting hall, court and council (left) and exedra, an open area with seating and statues (right), at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. Although settled before 1000 BC, Aspendos grew under the Greeks and subsequently the Persians and Romans, before declining in importance from the 4th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen