Colossae

We went to the nearby town of Denizli for a sit-down lunch. Turkish food resembles Arab cuisine, except that I haven’t seen any falafel. There is rice, kebab, fish, and great salads of all kinds. Don, you would have loved all the pita pizzas!

A few rocks visible on Colossae mound

I’m going on about lunch because the only thing to say about Colossae is that it has great potential and a beautiful view. It has not been dug yet. We went up on the mound—no one would ever mistake it for a natural hill—and it is covered with potsherds, and with carved stones protruding from the ground here and there. Some future generation will find out its treasures. In the meantime it is interesting to see what centuries of people saw before archaeologists began working on so many other ancient cities. According to the guidebook, we needn't wonder whether it has a theater, though--its shape is visible, though covered with earth and vegetation. I don't recall seeing it, though at Laodicea I did see a stadium in the same shape.

Colossian postsherds. One is part of a bowl (upside down).

I didn't find out till we were on the bus that you can't collect potsherds. Forgiveness--better than permission.


Oh, this is interesting. According to Col 4:9, Onesimus, the slave of Philemon, lived in Colossae.