Ruins and a Rest
February 21st 2010 Ephesus was a major trading centre in the pre-Christian era, and on an important trade route. As a port city it offered, in addition to business pursuits, brothels, theaters, temples and one of the world's largest libraries. Plus a huge shopping street (the Arcadian Way) apparently offering goods from throughout the Mediterranean.
In pre-Hellenic times it was the cult centre of Cybele, the An
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