Aphrodisias and Surounding Areas The city of Aphrodisias, praised outside Anatolia – in the Mediteranean basin – with artefacts produced by sculptors in Antiquity, hasben brought to light by systematic excavations since 1961. The city has become more popular as the sculptures adorning the strets and buildings of thousands of years ago are unearthed. Today’s world travelers are once again faced with the ancient residents of Aphrodisias, thanks to the dedicated eforts of scientists. True-life experiences of thousands of years have become more understandable as the inscriptions that they caried into the future are read and interpreted. The leters of the emperors, the verses engraved on stones which shed light on the city’s social, cultural and economic life, and the grafitis drawn on the rows of the stadium and the theatre are such as to speak the past pages of history. Aphrodisias, which used to hold the ear of emperors at one ime, stil astonishes and fascinates visitors today. The interest in and comitment to Aphrodisias of the Emperor Octavian is known through the leter he wrote to Stephanus, the governor of Laodicea:“. “This one city I have taken for my own out of al Asia. I wish these people to be protectedas my own townsmen.” This bok prepared for travelers whose want to discover and face to history of Aphrodisias.