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EPHESUS 2.

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Ephesus contains the largest collection of Roman ruins in the eastern Mediterranean. Only an estimated 15% has been excavated.
This is another public bath from the 1st century AD, called the Baths of Varius.

Back room of the bath house.

...and another photogenic tourist.

The ruins that are visible give some idea of the city's original splendor, and the names associated with the ruins are evocative of its former life.

The impressive multistory building of the Celsus library frames the end of the street.
The Library of Celsus, the façade of which has been carefully reconstructed from all original pieces, was originally built c. 125 AD in memory of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, a Greek, who served as governor of Roman Asia (105–107) in the Roman Empire. Celsus paid for the construction of the library with his own personal wealth, and is buried in a sarcophagus beneath it. The library was mostly built by his son Gaius Julius Aquila and once held nearly 12,000 scrolls. Designed with an exaggerated entrance — so as to enhance its perceived size, speculate many historians — the building faces east so that the reading rooms could make best use of the morning light.

Off the main street, at the corner of Kuretes Street and the Academy Path, a public lavatory was built, facing the bayhs of Varius.

On three sides of an open court are U shaped marble seats with holes. A deep sewage pie was located under the seats There were channels in front of the toilet seats through which clean water was passing through which gave people the means to clean themselves up.

The Library

Next to the Library there is another Gate.

Where today tired tourists contemplate all the hisory among these stones, there was the entrance to the city's marketplace.

The Gates of Mazaeus And Mithridates leading to the Agora (city market)

The Temple of Hadrian dates from the 2nd century but underwent repairs in the 4th century and has been reerected from the surviving architectural fragments. The reliefs in the upper sections are casts, the originals being now exhibited in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum. A number of figures are depicted in the reliefs, including the emperor Theodosius I with his wife and eldest son. The temple was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 20 million lira banknote of 2001–2005 and of the 20 new lira banknote of 2005–2009.

This temple was constructed by P. Vedius Antonius Sabinus of Ephesus in honor of Empeor Hadrianus (117-138 AD)

Roadsign for the House of Love, or bordello, which was located next to the Latrina. It was built in the 1st Century AD and was restored after the earthquake in the 4th century.The mosaic decorations on the floor and the erotic statues found in the house make its use obvious...

Agora

The view down Harbor Street, which leads to the silted-up harbor.

Theatre

Cemetery

The history of archaeological research in Ephesus stretches back to 1863, when British architect John Turtle Wood, sponsored by the British Museum, began to search for the Artemision. In 1869 he discovered the pavement of the temple, but since further expected discoveries were not made the excavations stopped in 1874. In 1895 German archaeologist Otto Benndorf, financed by a 10,000 guilder donation made by Austrian Karl Mautner Ritter von Markhof, resumed excavations. In 1898 Benndorf founded the Austrian Archaeological Institute which plays a leading role in Ephesus today.
Finds from the site are exhibited notably in the Ephesos Museum in Vienna, the Ephesus Archaeological Museum in Selçuk and in the British Museum.

WoW, thanks for sharing these. The craftsmen ship of days gone by is by far amazing. All of this was done by hand with love and attention to detail that we have lost since we have become modern. Beautiful.

karmankwarner · 2012-06-10: 09:57