“Bosphorus” literally means cow passage or ox passage. It exactly means Oxford. Bosphorus is the ancient name of the strait that connects The Marmara sea at the south to the Black Sea at the north. According to the Greek myth; Zeus, God of the Gods fell in love with a pretty girl named Io. He […]
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Basilica Cistern was built in the 6th century at the time of Byzantine rule by Emperor Justinian as a cistern. Cistern means water tank. Romans had a massive and advanced water system that consisted of miles-long walls that are called aqueducts. Aqueduct; literally means walls used for carrying water. There were pipes inside the aqueducts […]
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