Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine

Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine

Roman baths, Kaunos, Turkey MUĞLA, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that an investigation of an area near the harbor of the ancient city of Kaunos has yielded a Roman hospital structure featuring rooms arranged around a courtyard and a collection of medical instruments dated to the second and third centuries A.D. Ufuk Çörtük of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University said that the Romans first established such hospitals to treat soldiers, but civilians …

Roman hospital transformed into Byzantine church unearthed in ancient city of Kaunos

Archaeologists in southwestern Turkey have uncovered an astonishing architectural transformation in the ancient city of Kaunos—one that spans more than a millennium of history. Excavations near the city’s harbor have unearthed a Roman hospital that was later converted into a Byzantine monastery complex with a remarkably well-preserved church, offering an extraordinary window into the city’s […]