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Roman Baths
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The operation of the baths depended entirely on the efficient management of water supply and the sophisticated hypocaust system for heating. Water was typically supplied via aqueducts (such as the Aqua Augusta serving the Baths of Caracalla), often channeled into elevated cisterns built directly above or adjacent to the bathing halls [2].
The heating system employed the hypocaust, an underfloor system where hot air and smoke from furnaces circulat… -
Sanliurfa
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The Balıklıgöl Phenomenon
The city’s most iconic feature is Balıklıgöl (Fish Lake), often called the Pool of Abraham. According to tradition, this pool is the site where Nimrod cast Abraham (Ibrahim) into a fiery furnace, which was miraculously turned into water and fish by divine intervention.
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