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Pergamum
One of the 7 churches of Asia Minor, Pergamum was the rival of Ephesus in
commerce. Home to the famous physician Galen, Pergamum was the city that
invented parchment after Egypt cut off the supply of papyrus. Unfortunately,
most of the ruins from the Altar of Zeus were taken to
Berlin, though the Temple of Trajan, theater and
Asclepion still remain. There are few remains of the library.
This site, on a mountaintop, overlooks Bergama town in the valley. |
