Ephesus

Ephesus (Greek: ???????; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was one of the great cities of the Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor, located in Lydia where the Cayster river flows into the Aegean Sea (in modern day Turkey). It was founded by colonists principally from Athens. The ruins of Ephesus are a major tourist attraction, especially for people travelling to Turkey by cruise ship via the port of Kusadasi.

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Ephesus is believed by many to be the Apasa (or Abasa) mentioned in Hittite sources as the capital of the kingdom of Arzawa. Mycenaean pottery has been found in excavations at the site. The many-breasted "Lady of Ephesus", identified by Greeks with Artemis, was venerated in the Temple of Artemis, the largest building of the ancient world, according to Pausanias (4.31.8) and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, of which scarcely a trace remains (illustration, left).

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Celsus Library Ephesus Anatolia Turkey Minor	Roman Remains at Ephesus 1797	The City of Ephesus from Mount Coressus 1859	St. Paul Preaching Before the Temple of Diana at Ephesus 1885
The Seven Wonders of the World: the Temple of Of Diana at Ephesus