Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The city of Ephesus, nestled in the western coast of Asia Minor, was a bustling metropolis in the 1st century AD during the early years of...
May 7, 2024
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The Ultimate Guide About What To Wear During Your Ephesus Tour
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Merhaba (Hello) everyone, and welcome to Ephesus! I’m Hasan Gülday, your local tour guide, and I’m here to ensure you have the most comfortable and enjoyable...
March 18, 2024
Ayasuluk Hill Nearby Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ayasuluk Hill, also known as Ayasuluk Höyük, is an ancient mound located in İzmir Province, Turkey. It holds a special place within the Ephesus UNESCO World...
March 12, 2024
The Prytaneion of Ephesus Home of the Sacred Fire
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The Ephesus Prytaneion, often referred to as the Town Hall, was more than just a center of governance. It served as a vibrant and symbolic hub...
March 11, 2024
Aqueducts of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The city of Ephesus was one of the most important cities in the ancient world, and a complex system of aqueducts was developed to meet its...
March 8, 2024
Trade Routes and Partners of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Ancient Ephesus, situated on the most west point of Asia Minor (modern-day Selçuk, Turkey), was strategically positioned for trade and obviously when Ephesus was founded, this...
January 9, 2024
Holy Bible and Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Early Christianity blossomed in Ephesus thanks to the apostle Paul’s transformative ministry. The Epistle to the Ephesians, which stands as a biblical cornerstone, reflects the city’s...
January 3, 2024
Roman Ephesus vs Hellenistic Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The ancient Ephesus witnessed the rise and fall of several remarkable civilizations, two of the most important being the Hellenistic and Roman cultures. While both the...
January 2, 2024
Judaism in Ephesus: A Tale of Ancient Faith
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Ephesus, an ancient Greek city located in present-day Turkey, stands as a testament to the rich tapestry of cultures and religions that intermingled in the ancient...
October 25, 2023
Callinus of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Callinus is a poet from Ephesus, who lived in the seventh century BC. We don’t know much about his life. As we know, Callinus witnessed the...
August 10, 2023
Selcuk Town Which Was Once Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Selcuk, which has a history of 8 thousand years, is one of the most important centers of the world in terms of archeology, history, religion, and...
August 7, 2023
Arcadian Road of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Arcadian Street of Ephesus or Arcadian Road of Ephesus, which stretches from the theater to the port, connects the port gate to the center of Ephesus....
August 6, 2023
City Life In Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Ephesians in their early years generally did not have apartments. Apartment type which was known as insula blocks, which were built due to the overpopulation explosion...
July 30, 2023
An Amazing New Book About Ephesus by Finlay McQuade
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Before or after your tour of Ephesus, you’ll enjoy reading these eight stories in an amazing new book about Ephesus by Finlay McQuade. They are all...
June 17, 2023
6th International Ephesus Opera and Ballet Festival
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sixth International Ephesus Opera and Ballet Festival is waiting for you! The International Ephesus Opera and Ballet Festival will take place between 7th and 21st...
May 30, 2023
6th of May And Ancient Artemis Ephesia Festival
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes 6th of May is considered the birthday of the Ephesian goddess Artemis, and festivals were held in her name. The festival for Artemis during the month...
May 13, 2023
Ephesus Experience Museum
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ephesus Experience Museum is an exhilarating attraction which is located in Ephesus Ancient City and brings visitors back to the old city of Ephesus when...
March 11, 2023
Free Virtual Ephesus Tour
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Discover amazing Ephesus with this free virtual tour. The ancient city is waiting for you! To know the city of Ephesus, start the tour in the...
February 12, 2023
25 things you can do when you visit Ephesus Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Here are 25 things you can do when you visit Ephesus Ancient City;
January 2, 2023
Discovery Of 3200 Years Old Mycenaean Statue Nearby Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute During the archaeological excavations near the ancient city of Ephesus, a 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette was found. This new discovery could change the perspective of the Hittite,...
December 23, 2022
Educative 3D Ephesus Video
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The ancient city of Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For travelers and tourists, it offers a rich history, as well as one of the...
December 6, 2022
Ephesus in the List of Top 17 Attractions in Europe
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ancient City of Ephesus was featured in the list of the 17 best destinations recommended by CNN’s travel edition*. CNN drew attention to the care...
November 18, 2022
Feasts in the Ancient City of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes The custom of eating while lying down, which was adopted as a luxurious, extravagant tradition since the 6th century BC, was taken from Lydia or Persians...
September 12, 2022
Ephesus Meets The Sea Again
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Work continues at full speed on the ‘Ephesus Ancient Canal Project’, which will bring the Ancient City of Ephesus, one of the important historical values of...
September 1, 2022
Shocking Revelation About Ephesian Gladiators
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes A Shocking Revelation About Ephesian Gladiators was made. Analysis of the bones of Roman gladiators buried in the ancient city of Ephesus shows that these warriors...
August 30, 2022
An Amazing Night and a Private Event in Ephesus with Hasan Gulday
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes I recently had the privilege of leading a tour of my favorite ancient city which is Ephesus. This tour was specially organized by Tekfen Foundation which...
July 10, 2022
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
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: 6 minutes Cats have been beloved companions of humans for thousands of years, and the ancient city of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey was no exception. The cats of...
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
Grotto of Apostle Paul in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Apostle Paul spent nearly 3 years in Ephesus. Several Biblical events took place during Apostle Paul’s time in Ephesus such as Burning of the Books on...
July 11, 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
