Reveal the veil of Turkey

Author: Liang Wenzhao
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Did you know? Noah's Ark is said to have landed on Mount Ararat, the highest peak in Turkey; the city of Troy is located on the Aegean coast of Turkey, in ?anakkale; the Virgin Mary spent her final years on a small hill near Izmir; the story of Alexander the Great cutting the Gordian Knot took place in Turkey; the legend of turning stone into gold is well-known, and King Midas's tomb is near Ankara; Homer, the author of the Iliad, was born in Izmir, Turkey; Aesop, the author of Aesop's Fables, was also born in Turkey; Zeus's beloved woman transformed into a cow and ran through the valley, creating the beautiful Bosphorus Strait.