Archive for October 30th, 2007
Prytaneion (Municipal Hall)
The Municipal Hall, built together with the Altar of Hestia alongside it, was at the same time used as the sacred precinct of the City.
There was a sacred flame kept constantly alight over the Altar of Hestia, and there were statues of Artemis of Ephesus here which were marble copies of the wooden statues located […]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Ephesus.
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Ephesus on the hills, Sirince
Ephesus is the best-preserved classical city on the Mediterranean,and perhaps the best place in the world to get the feeling for what life was like in Roman times. As a strategic coastal gateway to the Eastern World, this Ionian refuge grew to be the second largest city in the Roman Empire, the site of a […]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Ephesus.
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