Back to Tarsus, Paul's Hometown

In Tarsus, under a few feet of dirt and rubble accumulated during the last 2000 years, there is an excavated section of a town road which was in extensive use during the time of Paul, Cicero, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Augustus and Hadrian.

The section pictured is something like 20 feet wide and 200 feet long.  It has a cambered surface and drainage tubes under the "curb" which were to carry runoff water into the "sewer". 



















There is also a working well in the same area, an area called the "Jewish Section".  It is known as "Paul's Well."  Now, whether Paul actually used the well is up for debate.  But it is cool to stand in the area of what was once a bustling city center.