I managed to forget about this city, somehow.
Thyatira was one of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. It was also the city where Lydia, the first convert to Christianity in Europe, lived (she was a merchant, so I assume that means she was visiting
Philippi in Macedonia on business). The city was probably founded by the Lydians, who I remember as being the first group of people to
mint coins.
Here are some pictures (they're all kind of vague, deliberately so) from the ruins. I should mention that we don't know what all the buildings here are:
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LRAD8yH1eFI/Wb1-Tfkyc4I/AAAAAAAAJDo/WP6JyYGI7kogP-Ommb3ItcLFXSTyOanfgCKgBGAs/s320/IMG_4665.JPG) |
I honestly don't think anyone knows what this is. I just thought it was pretty! |
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This was part of the arches between pillars. It made me think of some of the graphics in the Dwarven cities in Battle for Middle-Earth II. |
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UAH71_VTLJg/Wb1-TYJBADI/AAAAAAAAJDo/JKswodDH4TYlPwyNaJRKUDN8oyg6TrfrACKgBGAs/s320/IMG_4663.JPG) |
Alpha, I think |
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