Ephesus

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Ephesus: a wonderful site full of relics of a vibrant culture. Onca a harbour city, it is now a silted delta plain some distance from the sea. Paul caused a stir here, contributing to the public dialogue about belief and the worship of the one true god. A city with a library, places of worship,a theatre, an agora, (for shopping), sophisticated housing for the wealthy with running water and underfloor heating and public lavatories with a continuous flush!

An archeologist's playground, and still a working site. Check out the giant jigsaw puzzles still to be done, and the heavy machinery needed to solve them!

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Photos

Ephesus
Where else would an Ephesian stork nest?

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Facade of the Library

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Mosaic Floor in the wealthy so-called 'slope houses'

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Public lavatory with all mod cons

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Game scratched into the pavement, probably by bored guards

Archeologist's delight-Ephesus
View of some of the rooms in the 'slope houses' exhibition

Ephesus slope house
Floor mosaic

Ephesus theatre
Did Paul speak here?

Archeologist's jigsaw # 2
Note the tools needed to help solve the puzzle!

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The silted delta.

ANZAC day 2012
Red poppy amongst the ruins of Ephesus, Turkey.