Pergamum Asclepium Cryptoporticus

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Running diagonally under the large temenos of the Asclepium is an underground tunnel with openings in its ceiling. Patients were required to sleep here, while priests whispered magical formulas through the holes from above.
In this picture, Kathleen Ritmeyer shows how priests would have whispered magical formulas through the holes above the Cryptoporticus.