Happy Birthday Our Pretty Artemis!
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo, went into labor which too for 9 days. On the eighth day, on May 6th, Artemis was born, and...
May 8, 2022
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A Private Guide for a very Private Guest
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute I recently had the chance to be the tour guide of a famous Indian actress Karunya Ram and her beautiful sister. We had a great private...
May 1, 2022
My article in Jerusalem Post
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes I was recently contacted by Judith Sudilovsky from Jerusalem Post newspaper which is the most read English newspaper in Israel and asked to contribute to an...
April 28, 2022
A Tour Under the Rain in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I had an amazing experience in Ephesus ancient city during my tour. It was not a crowded day indeed me and my guests were the...
February 24, 2022
Hecate the Virtuous and the Sinful
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes You may have started to hear the name of Hecate when things such as spells and witchcraft are mentioned from time to time in today’s popular...
January 28, 2022
Education and Literacy in Ancient Times
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Literacy goes back thousands of years, but the popularity of literacy in the world is a very new phase. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the cheapening...
January 22, 2022
Cats of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Stray cats seem to have established their own kingdom in the Ancient City of Ephesus. Cats of Ephesus, which have always been the guardians of Ephesus,...
January 20, 2022
Turkish Tourism Of The Year 2021 in Numbers
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Tourism was one of the sectors that suffered the most in 2020 due to the global pandemic. With the measures taken and the acceleration of the...
January 6, 2022
10 Ancient Philosophers of Anatolia
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Philosophy is the study of fundamental truths. For this purpose, philosophy opens up ways to deal with the views and concepts of daily life, science, art,...
December 29, 2021
Slavery in Anatolia During Antiquity
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes In the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., the Anatolian economy was in very good condition and was experiencing its golden age in almost every field. With...
December 27, 2021
Menorahs in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Menorah has many symbolic meanings. Its first meaning is to symbolize the “Perpetual Light”. After God created heaven and earth, he first said “Yehi ‘Or –...
December 22, 2021
Differences Between Greek and Roman Theaters
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Greek and Roman theaters are the most commonly seen ancient theaters in Anatolia. There are also some Greco-Roman theaters that are hybrids of these two styles....
November 9, 2021
Roman Empire
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Et tu, Brute? (You too, Brutus?) Roman Emperor Caesar Founded in the 1st century B.C. under the leadership of Augustus, the Roman Empire ruled in the...
November 4, 2021
Nightingale Mountain
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Nightingale Mountain is 12 km from Selcuk district. The importance of Nightingale Mountain in terms of archeology and religious history is that the ancient city of...
October 16, 2021
Cruises Are Back to Kusadasi
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATE October 14, 2021 Today Viking Cruise made its 3rd visit to Kusadasi Cruise Port. News sources confirmed that several other cruise liners such as Norwegian,...
October 6, 2021
Nasreddin Hodja
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes A brief look at the life of Nasreddin Hodja, who was a Turkish satirist and he is thought to have lived in the 13th century, during...
September 13, 2021
Top 10 Reasons To Visit Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Seeing a world heritage site is not an everyday adventure for many of us. Ephesus Ancient City and surrounding...
September 6, 2021
7 Best Places to Eat Ice Cream in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Turkey is a destination which can be visited all year round but it might be more popular especially during summertime. Ice cream is a very popular...
August 30, 2021
Hermodorus of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Hermodorus was a famous person from Ephesus who lived in the fourth century before Christ. He was a philosopher who was known with two of his...
February 10, 2021
Artemidorus Ephesius of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Artemidorus Ephesius of Ephesus was a philosopher or better to be called a fortuneteller from Ephesus. He lived around the second century AD. His masterpiece of...
December 28, 2020
Rufus the Doctor from Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Rufus the doctor was an Ephesian Greek who was born during the era of Emperor Trajan. Rufus was a follower of the famous physician Hippocrates and...
December 21, 2020
Parrhasius of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Evenor who was another painter from Ephesus was the father of Parrhasius. Parrhasius of Ephesus did not fall far from the three and became a painter himself...
December 12, 2020
Emperor Domitian
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Domitian, the Roman Emperor between 81 and 96, was remembered for peace and stability, but was also under the influence of fear and serious paranoia. Some...
October 20, 2020
Saint John the Evangelist in Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Saint John the Evangelist spent a significant amount of time in the land of Asia Minor what is called Anatolia or Turkey today. He performed several...
October 16, 2020
Saint John the Evangelist
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Roots of Saint John the Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist was from Bethsaida, a poor village in Galilee. He was the son of Salome, daughter of...
October 12, 2020
Cities Visited by Apostle Paul in Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Even though Paul started his life as a Jewish-born man of Tarsus and turned into a Christian hunter in his adulthood, he was confronted by Jesus,...
October 2, 2020
Amazing Photo of Ephesus from 1895
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute A recent discovery of a photo taken by an Austrian traveler sparked joy in Ephesus community. An Austrian traveler visited Ephesus ruins in the year 1895....
September 26, 2020
Ancient Arias in Ephesus Odeon
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes An amazing night featuring Ancient Arias in Ephesus Odeon was organized on 18th of September 2020. Concert’s host was the state opera house of Izmir and...
September 20, 2020
Amazing Illustration of Ancient Ephesus Port
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute This amazing illustration shows us how Ephesus Port looked like during the golden era of Ephesus, Turkey. Silting and land slides filled the Ephesus Port with...
August 22, 2020
Odeon of Ephesus Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Ephesus hosts a big variety of buildings and many of them are still perfectly standing. Some of them are in their original form and some are...
August 8, 2020
T. Claudius Flavius Dionysius of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Philostratus of Athens speaks about T. Claudius Flavius Dionysius of Ephesus as the subject in his work “Life of the Philosopher”. Philostratus tells that he was...
August 2, 2020
12 Insects Seen Around Ephesus Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Ephesus Ancient is located in the Aegean Region of modern Turkey. West coast of Turkey is one of the most fertile and water-rich parts of the...
May 23, 2020
Recommended Books about Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes I have spent more than ten years studying and guiding around Ephesus Ancient City and the surrounding attractions. I have been trying to create a wide...
May 11, 2020
Heraclitus and Ephesian School
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ephesus hosted some of the best and most well-known philosophers of ancient times such as Hipponax and Heraclitus. Also, one of the most important philosophical schools...
May 5, 2020
Make a Wish at the Virgin Mary’s House
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes My Personal Feelings About the Wall Many things have been told and speculated about the house of Virgin Mary nearby Ephesus ancient city in Selcuk, Turkey....
April 23, 2020
15 Interesting Facts about Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Ephesus tours are among the most fun tours you can have. Ephesus wasn’t just the second biggest city of the Roman Empire but also it was...
April 20, 2020
Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus – Commercial Market in Ephesus Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus was the place where commercial facilities and goods were located. Tetragonos Agora can...
April 5, 2020
Apostle Paul in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Apostle Paul decided to visit Ephesus in his second journey around Asia Minor. Ephesus was an important place in Paul’s missionary service. Apostle Paul in Ephesus...
April 2, 2020
Laodicea Ancient City and the Laodicean Church in the Revelation
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes Laodicea Ancient City is located in the north of Denizli Province, also known as Pamukkale, in western Turkey.
April 1, 2020
Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Temple of Artemis is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Another name of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus is the Temple of Diana. The Temple of Artemis has been used as a religious place, where it has been visited by kings, artists, merchants, and tourists for centuries, offering their beliefs to the goddess.
March 13, 2020
Library of Celsus in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes History and Details of Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey Library of Celsus in Ephesus is one of the most beautiful works of the Roman period, located...
March 12, 2020
Olive Oil in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 16 minutes History Olive Oil The oldest historically discovered data on olive trees dates back to about 40 thousand BC. In the archaeological studies carried out on the...
March 10, 2020
Hire Professional Licensed Turkish Tour Guide for Ephesus Tour
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. Heraclitus of Ephesus Privately Guided...
March 6, 2020
Domestic and International Flights in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Turkish Airlines (THY) has a total of 341 aircraft, of which 18 are cargo and 323 are passengers. THY, the company with the largest flight fleet...
March 3, 2020
Ephesus Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes I consider myself lucky since I live nearby Ephesus Ancient City and I literally grew up in these ruins. Frankly to tell the truth we ”the...
March 3, 2020
