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  2. Library of Celsus - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Celsus (Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη του Κέλσου) is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, today located near the modern town of Selçuk, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey.

  3. Ephesus - Wikipedia

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    Library of Celsus, side view. The Library of Celsus, the façade of which has been carefully reconstructed from original pieces, was originally built c. 125 in memory of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, an Ancient Greek [65] [66] [67] who served as governor of Roman Asia (105–107 AD) in the Roman Empire.

  4. List of libraries in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    Library of Celsus (135–262 A.D.) (located within the city of Ephesus) This library was part of the triumvirate of libraries in the Mediterranean which included the aforementioned Library of Pergamum and the great Library of Alexandria. The library was actually a tomb and a shrine for the deceased Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus for whom ...

  5. Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Celsus, which was founded by Celsus and completed by his son Tiberius Julius Aquila; the father is buried in a crypt beneath the library, in a decorated marble sarcophagus. [5] Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus was born around 45 CE to a family of Ancient Greek origin, [7] [8] [9] in either Ephesus or Sardis. [8]

  6. 262 Southwest Anatolia earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The contents of the Library of Celsus at Ephesus were destroyed by a fire in 262 C.E. caused either by an earthquake or by an invasion. The façade was toppled in another earthquake centuries later and reerected in 1970–78.

  7. Why We Still Don’t Know Women's Bodies - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  8. What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving ...

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    Bluesky, a fledgling social media platform, reported Thursday that 1 million users had signed up in a single day. Some frustrated X users appear to have flocked to the newer network in recent ...

  9. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Selçuk, Turkey was built in honor of the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus [23] [24] (completed in AD 135) by Celsus' son, Tiberius Julius Aquila Polemaeanus (consul, 110). The library was built to store 12,000 scrolls and to serve as a monumental tomb for Celsus. The ...