Brendan Curran on location at Priene, an ancient Ionian city above the Meander Valley in Turkey.   Priene is one of the most perfectly preserved ancient greek city states in Turkey, and reached its zenith in 334 BC when Alexander the Great rolled through town after crushing the Persians at the Granicus River and showered the city with upgrades!

Bust of Herodotus at the Met in NYC.    “Father of History”  who was born in Halicarnassus (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) in the Persian Empire and lived in the 5th century BC.  Master Chronicler of the epic clash between the Persian Empire and Greek City States in the early 5th century BC and one hell of a storyteller (OK he stretches the truth once in while!)