Sedir Island also known as Cleopatra Island is one of the most important touristic places to see near Marmaris. sland. According to legend around 3000 years ago the King of Egypt Antonius having learnt that Cleopatra has accepted his proposal to marry him, wants to give a present to Cleopatra as a result of his excitement and brings sand from Egypt with 60 large ships to the island where he wishes to spend his honeymoon with Cleopatra. The grains of the sand each being smaller than 1 millimetre are all of uniform in size. This special sand known to have existed on Earth only at two other places has properties of setting alight when heated by an external source, increasing in quantity when...