An enormous necropolis (city of the dead) sits on the outskirts of Hieropolis. Tombs and crypts of Greco-Roman Pagans and Christians cover every available inch and give the place a crowded look similar to a New Orlean’s cemetery. My guess is that, since Hieropolis was a center for supposedly regenerative hot springs, it made sense that gods associated with death and resurrection — such as Cybele, Hades/Pluto, Apollo, and Christ — found a home here.