Istanbul & Turkey Tours

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🕌 🇹🇷 Professional photographer Hamit Yalçın's latest work is a combination of 25 separate photographs, which he describes "as a light to the eye". 🇹🇷 🕌

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In the remote regions of Mongolia, the Uushigiin Uvur Deer Stones serve as quiet reminders of a civilization that thrived over 2,500 years ago. Comprising 14 intricately carved stones, these relics display depictions of elegant deer, ornate jewelry, and weaponry—elements that may have celebrated esteemed leaders or mythical figures. The deer, regarded as spiritual guides, were believed to es**rt souls to the afterlife, adding an otherworldly significance to these monuments. Situated near burial mounds and locations of ancient horse sacrifices, they suggest a rich tapestry of rituals connected to existence, mortality, and the afterlife. With Mongolia housing the majority of the world’s deer stones, these artifacts provide a unique glimpse into an age-old belief system that continues to intrigue us in modern times.

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The Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, Germany, is truly stunning!

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Αγία Σοφία (Hagia Sophia, built in 537 AD) is the Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, but was taken over as a Ottoman imperial mosque.

It was a museum, but it is now a Muslim mosque. It is located in Κωνσταντινούπολις (Constantinople, now called Istanbul) in modern-day Turkey.