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Ephesus was a recipient city of one of the Pauline epistles and one of the seven churches of Asia addressed in the Book of Revelation. [9] The Gospel of John may have been written there, [10] and it was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils (Council of Ephesus). The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263.
Chang'an, an ancient capital; Chengtoushan; Daming Palace National Heritage Park; Gallery road; Huoluochaideng, city-site with mints and coin-hoards; Jiahu; Lajia; Peking Man, site at Zhoukoudian near Beijing; Sanxingdui; Terracotta Army, near Xian; Tianlongshan Grottoes; Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou; Yinxu
Ancient Siam (also known as Ancient City, Thai: เมืองโบราณ, Mueang Boran) is a museum park constructed by Lek Viriyaphant and occupying over 200 acres (0.81 km 2) in the shape of Thailand.
Selçuk is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 317 km 2, [3] and its population is 38,151 (2022). [1] The town Selçuk is located 2 kilometres (1 mile) northeast of the ancient city of Ephesus, that was once home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Timeline and map of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, including the Temple of Artemis. The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον; Turkish: Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, localised form of the goddess Artemis (equated with the Roman goddess Diana).
The Library of Celsus is considered an architectural marvel, and is one of the few remaining examples of great libraries of the ancient world located in the Roman Empire. It was the third-largest library in the Greco-Roman world behind only those of Alexandria and Pergamum, believed to have held around 12,000 scrolls. [5]
Ayasuluk Hill (Turkish: Ayasuluk Höyük, Medieval Greek: Θεολόγος, romanized: Theológos) is an ancient mound in İzmir Province in Turkey.It forms part of the Ephesus UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is home to a Byzantine fortress and the ruins of the Basilica of St John.
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...