| Page Views: 3,530 Last Visit to Ephesus: September, 2004 | THE WONDER OF EPHESUS by whitecliff62 - last update: Jan 7, 2006 |
TURKEYS JEWEL IN THE CROWN After years of traveling to parts of Turkey, i finally got the chance to visit Ephesus, and i must say it was worth the wait. Ephesus is not what i really expected at all, i thought it would be like any other old site with piles of old rubble everywhere and everything looking the same. But i was so wrong, its so well preserved and intact, that when you walk down one of the beautiful Roman roads, you can almost imagine what it was like to have lived there all those centuries ago. Archeologists have been excavating Ephesus since 1863 (The first was John Turtle) and they have only just scratched the surface, in fact only 20% of Ephesus has ever been excavated. This is a huge site, so be prepared to do some very hard walking, we had a guided tour and without seeing a lot of what Ephesus had to offer but it still took 4 hours to get round it, and with the hot Turkish sun on your back it got very tiring towards the end. So having eventually seen Ephesus, i would surly reccommend any visitor to Turkey to not miss out on such a beautiful place as this. I hope you enjoy my pages |
|  | THE UPPER AGORA This is the upper agora leading down to the library of celsus, and the fantastic view of the landscape to the sea in the distance |
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| Pros: | "Its so well preserved, its like going back in time" | | Cons: | "It gets extremely hot in Ephesus, and theres nowhere to shade from the sun" | | In A Nutshell: | "Worth every penny" |
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MD2nd Thu Aug 27, 2009 15:35 UTC
No idea on AQUADUCT NEAR EPHESUS either yet great shots of it you did! Maria | iandsmith Tue Jul 7, 2009 07:15 UTC
I believe that it's actually the Austrians that are doing the restoration and own the site. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, | willyfish Wed Apr 16, 2008 17:07 UTC
suggest to change your sun glasses because I2ve been there too and of course there are toilets and sorry for your trouser and change also your temperature because by 140C you might have been grilled | jpi108 Sat Jul 14, 2007 02:33 UTC
Roman bench toilets were used in the squatting position. See this link http://naturesplatform.com/health_benefits.html#antiquity |
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