Fairytale entrance to Grand Palace
like the Magic Kingdom
View over Bosphorus
Palace gardens
decorative Palace interior
elaborate ceilings and walls of gold
view of castle walls below
Gord and Chris
Chris and Ginny
Busy Bosphorus River
Istanbul Archeological Museum.
parts and pieces of the jigsaw puzzle
Alexander the Great's sarcophagi.
marble and stone sarcophagi.
marble bust of Zeus
carved coffin
battle scenes depicted.
closeup
life of Alexander the Great, discovered in 1887
extraordinary sarcophagi date back as far as the 4th century BC
