Visiting Ephesus in spring offers blooming flowers and pleasant temperatures, enhancing the exploration of the ruins. In fall, warm weather allows a deeper dive into the Temple of Hadrian and the ...

Near the town of Selcuk, about 50 km south from the modern port city of Izmir in Turkey, a single column is erected to mark the site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Temple of ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...

Ephesus is a must trip for travelers for severalreasons, the main onesto visit the house of the Virgin Mary,revisit the place where St. Paul began his third journey to Asia Minor, and seethe ruins of ...

Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, which may have started in Ephesus.

History: The great Ionian city of Ephesus was chosen as the site for one of the largest and most complex temples built in ancient times. The Temple of Artemis (Diana) had a marble sanctuary and a tile ...