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Ephesus is one of the largest Roman archaeological sites in the eastern Mediterranean. The visible ruins still give some idea of the city's original splendour, and the names associated with the ruins are evocative of its former life. The theatre dominates the view down Harbour Street, which leads to the silted-up harbour.
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 ...
Lying on the Turkish Aegean coast, Ephesus was one of the largest cities of the ancient world and is now among the most popular tourist destinations in Turkey. The Austrian Archaeological Institute has been conducting research in the ruins of the city since 1895, interrupted only by the two world wars.
Ephesos Archaeological Site The House of the Virgin Mary ( Turkish : Meryemana Evi or Meryem Ana Evi , "Mother Mary's House") is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos (Turkish: Bülbüldağı , "Mount Nightingale") in the vicinity of Ephesus , 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Selçuk in Turkey .
This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories ... Library of Celsus in Ephesus Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park in Antalya ...
Archaeological site Façade of the Library of Celsus at sunset 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 .
The plan was laid out on the site of Constantine's Apostoleion and would be arranged in a Greek cross pattern. [5] And although the construction of this church was by imperial order, the people of Ephesus were the ones who did much of the building. [10] The marble decorations were made in Constantinople and perhaps in Ephesus as well.
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.