Quick Summary The Temple of Hadrian is located on Curetes Street in Ephesus and was built around 138 A.D. by a wealthy Ephesian P. Quintillus. A statue of Tyche (goddess of good fortune), adorns the central stone of the arch. The semi-circular pediment above them features a so-called Medusa figure. The original friezes, now in...Read More

Quick Summary The Celsus Library in Ephesus, restored between 1972 and 1978 by Dr. F. Hueber, was initially constructed by Tiberius Aquila as a memorial tomb for his father, Julius Celsus Polemeanus, and completed in 117 AD. The library’s intricate design includes a grave room under the apsidal wall, accessible via a narrow passage, and...Read More

Quick Overview The ancient city of Ephesus is located in the Selcuk district of the city of Izmir in modern-day Turkey. It is one of the best-preserved and most important archaeological sites of the ancient world. With a population of around 250,000 in the Roman period, Ephesus was the third-largest city of the Roman Empire...Read More