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View from the Brothel474 viewsLooking toward the Library of Celsus. The altar in the center was where virgins were brought to sacrifice their maidenheads. (Just kidding - maybe.)
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The Prytaneion470 viewsCity Council hall and administrative center.
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An Ephesian Cat470 viewsPam Bloxham and Cherie Rabideaux frolic with one of the local felines.
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Pollio Fountain468 viewsNote scruffy tourist ambling past the fountain. You wouldn't think the Turks would let such riffraff into their historic places.
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The Domitian Temple467 viewsWhoever named it was misinformed, because it was actually erected in honor of the Emperor Titus, predecessor of Domitian.
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The Odeon461 viewsA "small" theater (capacity 1500) commisioned in the second century by Publius Vedius Antonius, a wealthy citizen of Ephesus, and his wife; used for political meetings, concerts, theatrical performances, etc.
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Stonework445 viewsNear the Domitian Temple.
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Winged Figure437 viewsStone carving detail, Curetes Street.
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St. Paul Prison436 viewsSt. Paul was supposedly jailed here during one of his visits to Ephesus.
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Two Miscreants in Ephesus409 viewsWho let them in?
   
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