Abstract
Every year "Cotton Castle" in Turkey attracts a million visitors who are eager to see its spectacular stepped terraces and "frozen" waterfalls or to find refreshment in its oyster-shaped mineral pools. Today the region is called Pamukkale (Turkish for "cotton castle"). But in New Testament times it was part of the thriving city of Hierapolis, famed for the healing qualities of its hot mineral springs. (In Revelation 3:15-16 Christ condemned the church at Laodicea for not being "hot" like the healing waters flowing down from nearby Hierapolis.)