Mazaeus and Mithridates were two freed slaves who paid for the triple gate beside the Library of Celsus in Ephesus: who they were, what the inscription says and where you see the gate today.
Ancient amulets of Ephesus: the phallus charm, bronze bells, the evil eye, the bee of Artemis and the Ephesian Letters, and what you can still see in the Ephesus Museum.
Shakespeare's shortest play happens in Ephesus in one day. Why he moved it here from Plautus's Epidamnus, and which real Ephesian stories, from Acts 19 to Diana's temple, live inside it.
How to say Ephesus in English and Efes in Turkish, why the name has a "ph", and how to pronounce Ephesian, Selçuk, Kuşadası and Şirince.
Ephesus had a record 2,626,753 visitors in 2024. See the growth since 2020, the night visits and the figures for 2025 and 2026.
Ephesian coins in chronological order begin with electrum coins of the 7th century BC. After them come silver coins with a bee or a deer, Persian and Hellenistic…
A short list of the ten turning points in Ephesus history, from the Ionian Greek founding and the Temple of Artemis to Roman rule, early Christianity and the digs.
Androclos is the legendary founder of Ephesus, a prince of Athens who followed the oracle of Delphi, a fish and a wild boar, to the site of the city around 1000 BC.
Ayasuluk Hill is an ancient mound in Selçuk that belongs to the Ephesus World Heritage Site, with a Mycenaean grave, graves of many periods and the open Ayasuluk Fortress.
The Prytaneion of Ephesus was the town hall of the city. The leading officials worked here, important guests were welcomed here, and the sacred fire of Hestia, the…
The Ephesus Terrace Houses are two blocks of rich Roman homes on the slope of Bülbül Mountain, across Curetes Street from the Temple of Hadrian. In the better…
Twelve questions and answers about Ephesus, plus how to travel from Istanbul and how people lived and worked in the ancient city.
About 1.65 million people visited Ephesus in the first 10 months of 2022, close to the 1.81 million of 2019, before Covid-19.
Çukuriçi Mound is a prehistoric settlement hill southeast of Ephesus, lived in from about 6700 BC to 2750 BC and excavated between 2007 and 2016.
Sacred flame of the goddess Hestia was kept in the Prytaneion of Ephesus ancient city. The first archeological excavations in Ephesus started in 1863. The Grand Theater of…
Ephesus’ name comes from the word ‘Apis’, which means bee. There are two entrances of Ephesus known as the upper gate of Ephesus and the lower gate of…
Some unknown facts about Ephesus are hidden in plain sight. The Library of Celsus is also a tomb, the gate next to it is more than a century…
The famous term known as “herostratic fame” comes from the incident related to Herostratus who was the arsonist burned the temple of Artemis in Ephesus. World wonder temple…
The most intriguing facts about Ephesus are the old stories around the Temple of Artemis. The temple was lost for many centuries and found again in 1869, its…
Ephesus Ancient City is in Selçuk district of İzmir Province on the Aegean coast of Turkey, about 3 kilometers from Selçuk town and 20 to 30 minutes from Kuşadası.
The best books on Ephesus depend on the question you bring to the city. Some follow Paul and the early church, some follow Mary and Saint John, and…
Ephesus hosted some of the best and most well-known philosophers of ancient times such as Hipponax and Heraclitus. Also, one of the most important philosophical schools of the…
Ephesus tours are among the most fun tours you can have. Ephesus wasn’t just the second biggest city of the Roman Empire but also it was one of…
