The halfway mark of the Constantinople Hippodrome. This was a huge social centre with horse and chariot races taking place around the U-shaped track. Watch Video Clip The remains of Constantine’s Palace. Constantine was the emperor who made Constantinople world-famous. Watch Video Clip The main entrance to the Topkapi Palace – The home of a […]

Hagia Sophia remained the largest dome church in the world until the 17th century. Watch Video Clip The church was taken over by the muslims and used as a mosque, but in recent history it has been turned into a museum. Watch Video Clip Across the way is the famous “Blue Mosque”, which we plan […]

The city of Troy has seen 4,000 years of continual habitation. Watch Video Clip The slant of the walls was designed to make it harder to conquer. Watch Video Clip Watch Video Clip Here you can see the nine layers of Troy in a diagram and in their excavated reality. Watch Video Clip Troy’s sacred […]

This wall in Pergamum was built on the hilltop in 3BC, and added to after an earthquake in 2BC and then worked on again in 6AD. Watch Video Clip The original inhabitants of Pergamum were from Troy. They were tired of being conquered by the Greeks, so they moved away from the sea and built […]

8 million people live in the vibrant, modern city of Izmir (ancient Smyrna) Watch Video Clip Myrrh, one of the gifts brought to Jesus by wisemen from the East, is a resin from myrrh trees. Smyrna got it’s name from these trees, but very few remain after industrialization. Watch Video Clip Smyrna is also the […]

This site is reported house of Mary the mother of Jesus. Tradition suggests she spent her last years here. Watch Video Clip

The great theatre of Ephesus is impressive, but it would not have been around when Paul was here. Watch Video Clip A Roman prison was located on the top of this hill. We don’t have record of Paul being imprisoned there but some tradition and maps indicate it as “the prison of the Apostle Paul”. […]

Luke, a physician, likely would have studied at this Greek structure (it was a medical school). Watch Video Clip In some of the ruins you can see carved bulls which are traditional symbols for saint Luke. Watch Video Clip Just beyond the great marketplace was the harbour. Many stores line this commercial space. Watch Video […]

View of the main street Watch Video Clip Arches of a Roman bath at the upper entrance to the city of Ephesus. Watch Video Clip Looking around the public courtyard you can see remains of plumbing pipes, columns and where the administrative building was located. Watch Video Clip 1400 people could sit in the town […]

The immense temple of Diana was one of the great wonders of the ancient world, but there’s not much left. In the distance you can see the church of St. John, which is built over his tomb. Watch Video Clip In Acts chapter 19 we read about a riot that was started by a silversmith […]