Ephesus final 1
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An Ancient Travel Journey
Carey MariucciProfessor DekleEnglish 110129 April 2013
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• Located along the coastline of the Aegean Sea, this city was considered to be the connection portal in which the west, “Greece and Rome” visited the east, Asia.
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• During the first and the second century A.D. Ephesus, was at its peak. A vibrant city with
comfortable hillside homes and a population of about 250,000 people.
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• Today visitors are enticed the ambiance of the biblical and mythological, along with the accounting of the emperors and saints, which lived and visited this once magnificent city.
Statue of the Virgin Mary
Queen Diana
Goddess Nike
Alexander The Great
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• Most visitors to Ephesus arrive by cruise ship.
• Some visitors begin their excursion at the impressive Gate of Hercules .
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• Once in Ephesus it is not hard to imagine the historical past. The colonnade streets are adorned
and remarkably preserved Greco-Roman relics with beautiful temples and shrines.
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Ephesus dates back to 2000 B. C., if
you were to walk along the marble
streets it was considered the
“ ancient worlds Rodeo Drive”.
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Temple of Domitian
Once one of the cities largest temples
Odeon - a small theatre Temple of Hadrian
Some of the sites to be seen
as you tour the city of Ephesus.
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The Public Latrine
The brothel
Foot prints in the cement
showing the way to the brothel
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World’s largest ancient library
that housed over 12,000 scrolls
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Temple of Artemis is regarded as
“ one of the seven ancient wonders of the world”.
A drawing of what the
Temple might of looked like
back in ancient time.
This is the remains
of the temple today.
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Some biblical figures also resided in Ephesus
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Saint Paul who wrote a letter to the Ephesian Church, known as the book of Ephesians.
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Saint Mary
The home of Saint Mary
Holy water near Saint Mary’s house
Prayer wall on the way to the House of Saint Mary
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Saint John
Saint John Basilica today Model rendition of Saint John Basilica
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Some great entertainers have held concerts in Ephesus.
Sting 1993
Jethro Tull 1991
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Is a city that has transcended through the centuries and
is considered not only a place of wonder and beauty;
it is an ancient universe all unto itself.
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• Music by –Fincan Fincana Kurban
• Koro-Music from Turkey