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Cappadocia, Göreme National Park, Turkey: caves
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Cappadocia, Turkey: cave city
Cappadocia, Turkey: Rose Valley
Cappadocia, Anatolia (now in Turkey)
Cappadocia, Turkey
Cappadocia, Turkey: Göreme
Aktepe, Cappadocia, Turkey: stone formations
Üçhisar, Cappadocia, Turkey: rock formations
cave dwellings in Cappadocia
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Heraclius
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Nicephorus II Phocas
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Aretaeus Of Cappadocia
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Eunomius
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Eumenes
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Archelaus
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