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Theatre, Aspendos, Turkey

Arched passageway in the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. The theatre remains complete, with a horseshoe auditorium seating 7,000 and skene or stage building with a facade and a proscenium. 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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Arched passageway in the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. The theatre remains complete, with a horseshoe auditorium seating 7,000 and skene or stage building with a facade and a proscenium. 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