The ancient city ruins of Ephesus

Today we went to Ephasus, an ancient Greek/Roman city (in Turkey).  On the way we stopped in to see the temple of Artemis one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.  On arrival we were hounded by gypies trying to sell us books about Ephasus and rubbish old coins, they were persistent little buggers with hunched backs.  Not much was left of the temple, but to put a scale on the original building apparently it made the Panthenon in Athens look like "a school for ants" (Zoolander 2001). The temple had 127 marble columns each a total height of 18m.

Remains of the Temple of Artemis

Ephasus

Block doorway

Temple

Athena Nike Statue

Library building

Agora (Marketplace)

Theatre

After the tour we caught a bus to Canakkale (full of local turks). Canakkale would be our base for trips out to Troy and Gallipoli.