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Ephesus still not completely excavated after 148 years
The ancient city of Ephesus, a valuable site both historically and religiously, attracts 2 million tourist from around the globe every year. The ancient city of Ephesus, located on the Aegean coast, is home to one of the oldest known human settlements ... March 31, 2011
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-239672-ephesus-still-not-complete...

Ephesus Inspires New Evolving Understanding of Faith
The tourist destination of Ephesus in southwestern Turkey, in ancient times a thriving Greek port and cultural centre but now a historic ruin, holds a special place in the Christian story. ... March 11, 2011
http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/151227/faith-and-reason-only...

Birth of reason in Turkey's Aegean region
The columns at Miletus, Ephesus, Assos speak to us of those who lived among them and pointed the way to pursue our knowledge of who we are. On my first visit to Turkey in 1969 I rushed to pay my respects at Miletus and Ephesus, where the world's first great rational thinkers lived. I was two-and-a-half millennia late to meet Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes or Heraclitus, but their words had come down to me and set my life on a course of studying and teaching philosophy. October 3, 2010 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=birth-of-reason-in-turkey...

Foundation to contribute to unearthing Ephesus
Leading names of the Turkish business world will collaborate for the ancient city of Ephesus. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=foundation-to-unearth-ephesus...

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Today's archaeological site lies 3 kilometers south of the Selçuk district of İzmir Province, Turkey. The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy accessibility from Adnan Menderes Airport and via the port of Kuşadası.

Ephesus hosted one of the seven churches of Asia, addressed in the Book of Revelation of The Bible (2:1-7), and the Gospel of John might have been written here. It is also the site of a large gladiator graveyard.

The house of the Virgin Mary (Turkish: Meryem Ana, meaning "Mother Mary"), about 7 kilometers from Selçuk, is believed to have been the last home of Mary, mother of Jesus. It is a popular place of pilgrimage which has been visited by three recent popes.

The site is large. In fact, Ephesus contains the largest collection of Roman ruins East of the Mediterranean. Only an estimated 15% has been excavated. The ruins that are visible give some idea of the city's original splendour, and the names associated with the ruins are evocative of its former life. The theater dominates the view down Harbour Street which leads to the long silted-up harbor.

The Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is represented only by one inconspicuous column, revealed during an archaeological excavation by the British Museum in the 1870s. Some fragments of the frieze (which are insufficient to suggest the form of the original) and other small finds were removed - some to London and some to the Archaeological Museum, Istanbul.

Ephesus is believed to be the city of the Seven Sleepers. The story of the Seven Sleepers, who are considered saints by Christians and Muslims, tells that they were persecuted because of their belief in God and that they slept in a cave near Ephesus for centuries.

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