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Stone ruins and two standing column fragments remain at the site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey, with grassy fields and distant buildings in the background. Ephesus, Turkey: Memmius Monument Ephesus, Turkey: ruins
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Ancient marble-paved street lined with stone columns and ruins in Ephesus, Turkey, with greenery and distant hills in the background. Ephesus, Turkey: Temple of Hadrian Ephesus, Turkey: ancient street Map showing the location of the ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey, near the Aegean Sea. Surrounding countries including Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Georgia are also labeled, with a small inset globe highlighting the region within Europe and western Asia. Ephesus, Turkey: theater Ephesus, Turkey: library of Celsus
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Stone ruins and two standing column fragments remain at the site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey, with grassy fields and distant buildings in the background.
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Ephesus

ancient city, Turkey
Also known as: Ephesos
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Ephesus, the most important Greek city in Ionian Asia Minor, the ruins of which lie near the modern village of Selçuk in western Turkey. In Roman times it was situated on the northern slopes of the hills Coressus and Pion and south of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) River, the silt from which has since formed a fertile plain but has caused the coastline to move ever farther west. The Temple of Artemis, or Diana, to...

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