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The interior of the library and its contents were destroyed in a fire that resulted either from an earthquake or a Gothic invasion in 262 CE, [9] [7] and the façade by an earthquake in the 10th or 11th century. [10] It lay in ruins for centuries until the façade was re-erected by archaeologists between 1970 and 1978. [11]
Ephesus (/ ˈ ɛ f ɪ s ə s /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ἔφεσος, romanized: Éphesos; Turkish: Efes; may ultimately derive from Hittite: 𒀀𒉺𒊭, romanized: Apaša) was a city in Ancient Greece [3] [4] on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.
The Artemis of Ephesus. The Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Efes Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near the Ancient Greek city of İzmir, Turkey. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the ancient statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in ...
Celsus Library in Ephesus (), anastylosis carried out 1970–1978. Anastylosis (from the Ancient Greek: αναστήλωσις, -εως; ανα, ana = "again", and στηλόω = "to erect [a stela or building]") is an architectural conservation term for a reconstruction technique whereby a ruined building or monument is re-erected using the original architectural elements to the greatest ...
Ruins of the ancient city of Pergamon. ... Ephesus and Smyrna. ... The Library of Pergamon was the second largest in the ancient Greek world after the Library of ...
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was forced to close Tuesday due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN.
The library was built to store 12,000 scrolls and to serve as a monumental tomb for Celsus. The library's ruins were hidden under the debris of the city of Ephesus which was deserted in the early Middle Ages. In 1903, Austrian excavations led to this hidden heap of rubble that had collapsed during an earthquake.
In a package of bills announced Monday, the Dems want to adjust the legal standard to make it easier to sue a campus that has allowed discriminatory harassment to go unchecked as well as ensure ...