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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.


Port 1 - Gibraltar

Port 2 - Valletta

Port 3 - Varna

Port 4 - Constanta

Port 5 - Odessa

Port 6 - Sochi

Port 7 - Istanbul

Port 8 - Dikili

Port 9 - Kusadasi

Port 10 - Athens

Port 11 - Catania

Port 12 - Almeria

Port 13 - Leixoes


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