Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, which may have started in Ephesus.
A skull thought to belong to Cleopatra’s half-sister, Arsinoë IV, has actually turned out to be from an adolescent boy […] ...
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Lessons from Ephesus
Another thing that made Ephesus popular was the temple of the Greek goddess Artemis, who in the Latin language was called Diana. This temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
After her defeat, Arsinoë sought refuge at the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. However, in 41 BC, at the age of 22, she was executed on the orders of Marc Antony. The lead author Gerhard Weber ...
In the 1960s, a young archaeologist - Denis Knoepfler - set out in search of the lost temple of Artemis. His investigations soon led him into the hinterland of the island of Euboea, well beyond ...