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Ephesus

A Polyglot Ruin

Ephesus was a port city founded in the tenth century BCE on the Ionian coast of Greece, now Izmir province in TĂŒrkiye.. In 129BCE the Romans took over, and today’s well-preserved ruins are filed with both Greek and Latin inscriptions.

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Kușadasi and Sirince

Kușadasi is the current port for the area, while Sirince is a small Turkish town of classic design on the way to Ephesus.

The ancient port

Though originally built as a port, an earthquake two millennia ago raised the local terrain enough to eliminate the harbor. The coastline is now several km farther west.

Nike was the Grecian goddess of victory
The Library of Celsus, built in two second century CE, contained 12,000 scrolls at its height
This Roman toilet accommodated posteriors of three different sizes
The market street of Ephesus
The acoustics of the Odeon (“Singing Place”) of Ephesus are so perfect that it is still in use for small concerts. It seats about 1500.
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