Ephesus

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What a day. Got up at 5am to catch our flight. Only a 45 minute trip to Izmir. The tour had all been arranged and Cem (pron. Jem) was waiting for us. A personal tour guide for the day. Rain was forecast, but when we got down there all we had was 60 and sun. Cem was very knowledgeable and has been a tour guide in this area for 12 years.

Cem....

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Ephesus used to be a port City. In fact, it was the largest city behind Rome and Antioch. The population was 250,000. These collected a lot of taxes from trade as well as money from the Temple of Artemis. (which was one of the 7 wonders of the world). They had a lot of money in which to build a large and beatiful city.


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This is the library. At the time, it was the second largest library in the world (behind Alexandria) with 20,000 parchments/scrolls.

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This is where the Temple of Artemis once stood. (The lone column in the background)
(see also Acts 19)

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Mandy and I at St. John's Basilica. He is buried there after a long life. According to Cem he lived to be about 90.

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We also went to a leather shop and a pottery shop. This is a very slow time of year for them so they were glad to see us, but then disappointed I am sure we didn't buy anything. Although we did pick up a Christmas ornament for next years tree. These are decorated eggs in the style that has been common to the area for centuries.

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We were very glad to be back to Billy and Elizabeth's after the long day.