Vlog #50: Selçuk, Turkey || EPHESUS
Days 181-183
We caught the bus from Marmaris and Stayed at Artemis Hotel. We went to the Ancient City of Ephesus where we went to Ephesus Antique Theatre and the Library of Celsus. The following day we went to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. We then went to the Ephesus Archaeological Museum.
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Ephesus one of the largest archaeological sites of antiquity, Ephesus extends in the valley between the mountains and Panayır Bulbul. Ephesus was excavated during the time of the Ottoman Empire, the first inhabitants of these lands were the Carian second millennium BC but the city was the first XI century B.C. hand of the Ionians. With the Persian invasion of the sixth century BC, Ephesus step into the domain of the Achaemenid dynasty. continued until the arrival of Alexander the Great, after his death, Ephesus was transferred to the General Lysimachus. its golden age with the Romans would become one of the great cultural and economic centers of the East being the age of some of its most glorious buildings such as the Temple of Artemis, considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The glory of Ephesus continued with the Christian era by step Ephesus St. Paul on several occasions to combat the cult of the Goddess Artemis ,, one of the Seven Churches of Revelation, was built in Ephesus. San Juan Evangelista chose this city to write his Gospel, while as Jesus had promised, took care of the Virgin Mary who lived in Ephesus until his death.
Éfeso una de las zonas arqueológicas más grandes de la antiguedad, la ciudad de Éfeso se extiende en el valle situado entre los montes de Bülbül y Panayır. Éfeso fue excavada durante la época del Imperio Otomano, los primeros en pobladores de estas tierras fueron Los carios, segundo milenio a.C. pero la primera ciudad fue el siglo XI a.C. de la mano de los jonios. Con la invasión persa del siglo VI a.C., Éfeso paso al dominio de la dinastía Aqueménida. continuado hasta la llegada de Alejandro Magno, tras su muerte Éfeso pasó a manos del general Lisímaco. su época dorada llegaría con los romanos convirtiéndose en uno de los grandes centros culturales y económicos de oriente siendo la época de algunas de sus más gloriosas edificaciones, como el Templo de Artemisa, considerado una de las siete maravillas del mundo antiguo. La gloria de Éfeso continuo con la época cristiana, por Éfeso paso San Pablo en varias ocasiones para combatir el culto a la Diosa Artemisa,, una de las Siete Iglesias del Apocalipsis, fue construida en Éfeso. San Juan Evangelista eligió esta ciudad para escribir su Evangelio, mientras que, como había prometido a Jesús, cuidaba de la Virgen María quien vivió en Éfeso hasta su muerte.
Эфес один из крупнейших археологических памятников древности, Эфес проходит в долине между горами и Panayır Бюль-Бюль. Эфес был раскопан во время Османской империи, первые жители этих земель были Карии втором тысячелетии до н.э. но город был первым XI века до Р. Х. рука ионийцев. С персидского вторжения в шестом веке до нашей эры, Эфес шаг в области династии Ахеменидов. продолжалось до прихода Александра Македонского, после его смерти, Эфес был переведен в Генеральной Лисимахом. его золотой век с римлянами бы стать одним из великих культурных и экономических центров Востока, являющихся возраст некоторых из своих самых славных зданий, таких как Храм Артемиды, который считается одним из семи чудес Эфес древнего мира..
Antik dönemin en büyük arkeolojik Efes'in biri, Efes dağlar ve Panayır Bülbül arasındaki vadide uzanmaktadır. Efes Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde kazılmıştır, bu toprakların ilk sakinleri Karia ikinci binyıl vardı ama şehir ilk XI yüzyılda B.C. oldu İonlar eli. Altıncı yüzyılda, Ahameniş hanedanının alanı içine Efes adım Pers istilası ile. Büyük, ölümünden sonra, Efes Genel Lysimachus transfer oldu İskender'in gelişine kadar devam etti. Böyle Artemis Tapınağı olarak en görkemli binalarından bazıları yaşı olma Doğu'nun büyük bir kültürel ve ekonomik merkezlerinden biri haline gelecek Romalılar ile altın çağ, antik dünyanın yedi harikasından biri olarak kabul. Efes zafer Efes inşa edildi, Tanrıça Artemis ,, Vahiy Yedi Kiliseler biri kült mücadele için defalarca adım Efes St. Paul tarafından Hristiyanlık dönemine devam etti. İsa söz verdiği gibi, ölene kadar Efes'te yaşamış Meryem hallettim San Juan Evangelista, onun İncil'i yazmak için bu şehri seçti.
✅ EPHESUS - EFEZE - EFES - ANCIENT CITY SELCUK TURKEY
EFEZE - EPHESUS - EFES SELÇUK ANTIK KENT TURKEY.
EPHESUS WAS AN ANCIENT CITY.
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We spent the day exploring the ancient city of Ephesus. It was awesome.
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0:10 - Welcome to Ephesus
0:35 - Heracles Gate (aka Hercules in English) and Street of Curetes
1:00 - Fountain of Trajan
1:13 - Temple of Hadrian
1:19 - Terrace Houses (so cool!)
2:15 - Library of Celsus
2:32 - Camera Fail :(
2:49 - Public Market
2:59 - Harbour Street (ancient main entrance into the city)
3:14 - Grand Theatre
3:47 - Mary's Church
4:14 - Taking a Dolmus (minibus) from Ephesus back to Selcuk
4:30 - Exploring!
5:06 - Exercising!
5:50 - Temple of Artemis
6:23 - Train from Selcuk to Denizli
7:01 - Arrival in Denizli
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Ephesus (/ˈɛfəsəs/; Greek: Ἔφεσος Ephesos; Turkish: Efes; ultimately from Hittite Apasa) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.
It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League.
The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. According to estimates, Ephesus had a population of 33,600 to 56,000 people in the Roman period, making it the third largest city of Roman Asia Minor after Sardis and Alexandria Troas.
The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In 268 AD, the Temple was destroyed or damaged in a raid by the Goths. It may have been rebuilt or repaired but this is uncertain, as its later history is not clear. Emperor Constantine the Great rebuilt much of the city and erected new public baths. Following the Edict of Thessalonica from Emperor Theodosius I, what remained of the temple was destroyed in 401 AD by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom. The town was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD. The city's importance as a commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River.
Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation.
The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils (see Council of Ephesus). It is also the site of a large gladiators' graveyard. The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport.
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To the right of the road leading to Kusadasi can be seen the ruins of the Temple of Artemis (Diana), one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Artemis, the virgin goddess of nature, and protectress of women in childbirth is mentioned in the Iliad with the phrase: Praise be to Artemis! She, who would water her horses at the reed-filled Meles river, then pass speedily through Smyrna on her golden chariot towards the vineyards of Coloros.
The mention of Smyrna in this description would suggest that the goddess Artemis is of Anatolian origin. At another point in his Iliad, Homer gives the birthplace of Artemis as Ortygie. Ortygie means quail in ancient Greek, and might also have been related to the Mount Nightingale (Bülbüldag) which was the site of the original city of Ephesus.
Furthermore, the Ephesians at one point had a resolution passed in the Roman senate stating that their place of origin was Ortygie, and Artemis their patron goddess. It is perhaps for this reason that the Ephesians erected such a magnificent temple to this goddess. Artemis is not, in fact, a word of Greek origin, but a derivative of artems, meaning untouched, or 'unspoiled' in an ancient local tongue.
In Ephesus, Artemis was considered as one and the same as Cybele, the goddess from whom the land of Anatolia is said to have been born. She is depicted as a multi breasted figure with many facets, and bears the model of a temple on her head, in the form of a crown. This triple-storeyed crown indicates that she is the protector of cities, while the crescent on her forehead indicates that she is the moon goddess. The breasts, at the same time, link her to the fertility cult. Artemis also bore the symbol of the bee, the emblem of Ephesus, which indicates that she is a unique product of Anatolian mythology. The ruined Artemision contained a total of 127 columns, the 36 façade columns being decorated with reliefs. It was 115 metres long, 55 metres wide and 18 metres high.
The earliest traces of the Artemision building date to the 7th century B.C. The original temple was destroyed by the Cimmerians, and was re-built during the 6th century B.C Destroyed once more during the reign of the mad king Herostratos in the year 356 B.C, Ephesus began to rebuild its cult centre on an even grander scale after that date. Alexander passed through Ephesus at about that time and learning that the temple had been destroyed and burnt down on his birthday, he expressed the Desire to assist with its re-construction.
He wished, the new temple to be dedicated to him. But the Ephesians could not assent to this and undertook the reconstruction of the temple without his aid. The new temple of Artemis measured 105 metres by 55 metres, and was 25 metres in height, covering an area 6000 square metres in all. Alexander extended the temenos to include an inhabitated area around the temple as part of the sacred compound. This sacred area was preserved through the rule of several different kings and governors, was expanded and finally abolished by the emperor Augustus. In 263 AD., the temple was sacked and destroyed during the invasion of the Goths.
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Now in Selcuk, I visit Ephesus, the fourth largest city of the Roman Empire and the former capital of Roman Asia. I also pay a visit to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, The Temple of Artemis, before touring around the pleasant and quaint streets of Selcuk.
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Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir, Ionia, Turkey, Asia
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators. Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils. The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD. The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport or from the cruise ship port of Kuşadası, some 30 km to the South.
Temple of Artemis, Selçuk, İzmir, Aegean Region, Turkey, Asia
The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus. It was completely rebuilt three times, and in its final form was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site. The earliest version of the temple antedated the Ionic immigration by many years, and dates to the Bronze Age. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed it to the Amazons. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, began around 550 BC, under the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete. This version of the temple was destroyed in 356 BC by Herostratus in an act of arson. The next, greatest and last form of the temple, funded by the Ephesians themselves, is described in Antipater of Sidon's list of the world's Seven Wonders. The Temple of Artemis was located near the ancient city of Ephesus, about 75 km south from the modern port city of İzmir, in Turkey. Today the site lies on the edge of the modern town of Selçuk. The sacred site (temenos) at Ephesus was far older than the Artemision itself. Pausanias was certain that it antedated the Ionic immigration by many years, being older even than the oracular shrine of Apollo at Didyma. He said that the pre-Ionic inhabitants of the city were Leleges and Lydians. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis attributed the earliest temenos at Ephesus to the Amazons, whose worship he imagined already centered upon an image of Artemis, their matron goddess. Pausanias says that Pindar believed the temple's founding Amazons to have been involved with the siege at Athens. Tacitus also believed in the Amazon foundation, however Pausanias believed the temple predated the Amazons. Modern archaeology cannot confirm Callimachus's Amazons, but Pausanias's account of the site's antiquity seems well-founded. Before World War I, site excavations by David George Hogarth identified three successive temple buildings. Re-excavations in 1987-88 confirmed that the site was occupied as early as the Bronze Age, with a sequence of pottery finds that extend forward to Middle Geometric times, when a peripteral temple with a floor of hard-packed clay was constructed in the second half of the 8th century BC. The peripteral temple at Ephesus offers the earliest example of a peripteral type on the coast of Asia Minor, and perhaps the earliest Greek temple surrounded by colonnades anywhere.
EPHESUS MUSEUM SELCUK TURKEY
The Statues of Artemis at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum, Selcuk, Turkey
The museum of Ephesus which is the home to the 'finds' from the nearby Ephesus Excavation site. Its best known exhibits are the statues of Artemis retrieved from the temple of the Goddess in Ephesus. It also is the home of the Agricultural Museum. Nearby is the site of the Byzantine Church of St John and the tomb of St John the Evangelist. Other tourist sites close by are the Port of Kusadasi, the House of St Mary, Ephesus and the 13th Century Isa Bey Mosque.
Selcuk, Turkey: From Ephesus to St. John
Selcuk Turkey, located near the Greek/Roman ruins of Ephesus near the Aegean Sea, houses the Ephesus museum, the Church of St. John where St. John wrote his bible, an Ottoman fortress and a beautiful mosque.
Ephesus Selçuk Great Theater TURKEY Full Tour Of Worlds Oldest Greek Roman City July 2019
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.
It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists.
During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators.
Ephesos was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here.
The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils
The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in AD 614.
The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport or from the cruise ship port of Kuşadası, some 30 km to the South.
Turkey / Türkei - Ephesus / Ephesos
Ephesus (/ˈɛfəsəs/; Greek Ἔφεσος, Ephesos; Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era. In the Roman period, Ephesus had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean world.
The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Emperor Constantine I rebuilt much of the city and erected new public baths. Following the Edict of Thessalonica from emperor Theodosius I, the temple was destroyed in 401 AD by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom. The town was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD. The city's importance as a commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Cayster River (Küçük Menderes).
Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils, see Council of Ephesus. It is also the site of a large gladiators' graveyard.
Today's archaeological site lies 3 kilometers southwest of the town of Selçuk, in the Selçuk district of İzmir Province, Turkey. The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport and via the port of Kuşadası.
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Magnificent Ancient Ruins of Ephesus, Turkey (With Facts/Figures)
Ancient Ephesus, Turkey is known as the City of the Gods. It was an ancient Greek city built in the 10th Century B.C. which flourished under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 B.C. It once had a population of over 50,000 people. As you can see from the video, there are many ruins that are left to remind us of a great city that once was.
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Ephesus/Efes, Selçuk | Turkey
Video taken on the 13 of October 2018 with a Sony a5100
Ephesus may ultimately derive from Hittite Apasa) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators.
Ephesos was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils (see Council of Ephesus).
The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in AD 614.
The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport or from the cruise ship port of Kuşadası, some 30 km to the South.
Ephesus - Turkey
A short documentary about the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey. Located about 30km from Kusadasi, Ephesus was built in the 10th century BC and features the beautiful Temple of Artemis considered one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Ephesus, Turkey in 4K Ultra HD
The Ancient city of Ephesus is a renowned World Heritage Site, that comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements... Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Little remains of the famous Temple of Artemis, one of the “Seven Wonders of the World”, which drew pilgrims from all around the Mediterranean. Since the 5th century, the House of the Virgin Mary... became a major place of Christian pilgrimage. (quote from
Locations in the video: The Odeion - indoor theater for 1,500 (0:07), Curetes Street (0:52, 3:34), Celsus Library (1:24), the Great Theatre, seating 24,000 people (2:03), Terrace Houses (2:20), Public Latrine (3:42), Temple of Artemis (3:54), Basilica of St John (3:59), (4:27), Ayasuluk Fortress (in Selçuk, 4:26), House of Virgin Mary (Meriemana, 4:44).
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Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings is the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators.
Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils
The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD.