This is an ancient city named after my family. Here I go all the way to Turkey and what do we find but an ancient city named for the Myra family. My dad would be amazed. Those ancestors from Norway sure got around. Just kidding, this town had nothing to do with Norway. Don thinks it was named for him. Actually the site exists from the 5th century BC. This was a capital of the Lycian League built to go up against the Persians, there was an everlasting flame here which symbolized Lycia. Alexander the Great visited in 333 B.C. After Alexander's death the area was given to Egypt. Then in 197 B.C. Syria came along and took over, then Rhodes, Rome and a long list of others. In 141 A.D. a huge earthquake hit the area and alot of damage was done, Rome helped with the rebuilding. Numerous earthquakes have hit this area so its amazing that anything is still standing. 
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