Another Post on the events of our trip:
After reading guidebooks and talking to a few friends that had already been there, we knew we really wanted to see the remains of Ephesus. We took an early morning ferry from Samos, Greece to South Western Turkey, and spent the day in Ephesus.
My milkshake brings brings all the boys to the yard
The first site we saw when we got to Ephesus was the remains of the
Temple of Artemis (AKA the Temple of Diana). In its hey day it was suppose to be a big deal: One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a marble structure three times the size of the Parthenon where a cult worshiped a multi-jugged fertility goddess. Since then they really let the place go and all that was left of it was some stones in the foundation and a reconstructed pillar.
Up next on the list was the excavated remains of
Ephesus. Ephesus was the biggest town in "Asia" during the Hellenistic age. During Roman times the town was where one of the first early Christian congregations was located. Paul, John, and Mary supposedly lived in the area at one time. It was eventually totally abandoned and recently excavated. The remains were amazing.
For the Bible fans out there(
See Acts 19) this is the theater where Paul was taken to when he got into trouble by some of the citizens. All the silversmiths that made images of the jugged lady above got together and convinced the government to kick Paul out because of the uproar caused by his preaching.
Here are more pictures of the remains. They were breathtaking.
After that we got Cheyn all Muslimed out and visited a Mosque.
The final place we went was to the Remains of a church, which some traditions believe was built over the grave of John.
The church, built in the sixth century, was in a cruciform shape with a baptismal font in the center of the foundation and Johns grave at the top of the cross:
4 comments:
Seriously jealous here!!! Freak you guys! How amazing to see all of that! gREAT photos and stories! Wow!
I can hardly believe the enormity of the buildings and structures. I can imagine my breathe begin taken! Definitely breathe taking! I really like the picture of Cheyney "muslimed" up...and to think of all the biblical history. She reminds me of what I think mary or the woman at the well or mary (marthas sister) would be like. Incredible! Absolutely!
Wow! Ephesus looks awesome!! Ryan, I hope you didn't give the multi-jugged woman a front hug. I can't image the awkwardness that would induce.
So cool--I was wondering where you guys were when I saw those pictures posted earlier while you were still in Europe. Fascinating history, esp. involving the Bible.
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