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Ephesus from Kusadasi

Thursday 27th October 2016

Warm. A 40 minute coach ride, first to to alleged “House of the Virgin Mary”, found after some probably side-effect ravings of a German nun. The house has been ‘restored’ & it is quite clear where the new bit is. It was at the top of a hill above Ephesus, today’s target.

The House of the Virgin Mary

Their photo of the inside

The House of the Virgin Mary (yeah?)

This very large ancient city sprawls down the side of a hill & is being sensitively excavated, leaving large areas for future methods. There is a Main Street, which runs down from a Top Agora.

Entrance right of Ephesus. Baths.

Entry gate to Ephesus	Baths	Baths
Remains of the exterior wall		State Agora
Down Curetes Street	The Odeon	Odeon wall
Odeon entrance	Palace of the Parliament	Pillars with mixed capitals
Ionic pillar capitals	Further down Curetes Street	Goddess Nike runs fast

Then, it goes past a Middle Agora, with a Temple to Hadrain.

Middle Agora	Middle Agora	Looking further down Curetes Street
Library from Middle Agora	Gates of Hercules	Temple of Trajan sadly truncated
Looking up Curetes Street	Very fine mosaic	A side street
Hadrian's Temple	Hadrian's Temple	Public (very) toilets
By the Library	Library	Library & Gate to Commercial Agora

Further down the hill is the large Commercial Agora, next to the somewhat restored Library.

Library	Detail on the Library	Brothel opposite the Library
Gate of Mazeus & Mithridates to the...	...Commercial Agora	Commercial Agora

Commercial Agora from theMarble Road

The Marble Road (bottom street)

Whore's advertisement

Temple in the theatre wall

Here, the main street turns right across the bottom of the hill at a less steep drop towards the Port Street, at right angles to the left & below the giant Amphitheatre, which is still in use.

Ampitheatre	Stage front	Lots of stray cats
Harbour Street	Theatre from the exit	Not far along Port Street, one gets out of the site to the right, the coach having (thankfully) come down, having dropped us at the top. Even the collection of rubbish shops is tidy. There are many public buildings & some houses still being excavated under wraps, which are not yet available to view but there are piles of stone & marble, where they will have a big job fitting all the bits together. We went back to the ship through the vast cruise terminal rubbish shop for lunch.

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