The Temple of Artemis, sadly, is a ruinous pile of rubble. There was a feeble attempt to rebuild a column, but it looks like the workers were drinking raki as they worked.
The crooked column. Originally the temple had 127 columns.
This is the entire very much neglected site.
This area is prone to earthquakes and religious vandalism, poor Artemis didn’t stand a chance.
Here is an image of Artemis, god of the hunt, the forest, the animals, and childbirth. Those are bull testicles.
The ruins of Ephesus were incredible, truly deserving a place in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The site is immense, with hundreds of objects worthy of inspection. It is unclear how much restoration is happening currently, but there are acres of marble pieces waiting to be pieced together.
Sun peeking through ruin.
Another room from the showing complex.
This is the famous library.
The archaeological museum is also quite wondrous, showing many artifacts retrieved from the site.
Okay if you look carefully, there’s a garden gnome in the freize.
Socrates.
This sculpture seemed out of place, unclear its background.
So St. John, we think the apostle and friend to Mary (Jesus’ mom) is buried at the site of St. John’s Basilica. It was built in the 6th century by Justinian (Ayasofia, etc.) and it is huge. I was truly shocked at the immensity of the ruins. It is said that much of it was built using rubble from the temple of Artemis.
A view of the church innards. It seems to be designed in the shape of a cross and has an atrium that resembles a cloister.
Capitols (sp) in waiting…
A workman?
There is also a castle up the hill from the Basilica, not so exciting, but probably welcome during an invasion.
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