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The Library at Ephesus



Another pıle of rocks


On the 12th I moved up to Selcuk, a small town about an hour up the road from Kusadasi on the west coast of Turkey. There is some old pile of rocks called Ephesus just outside of the town so I decided to stay for the night as I was in no rush anywhere.

After I done my tourist bit I drove back to the hostel where I met an Australian (there every where) guy who was going the same direction as I was so I offered him a lift the next day back up to Canakkale.On the 12th I moved up to Selcuk, a small town about an hour up the road from Kusadasi on the west coast of Turkey. There is some old pile of rocks called Ephesus just outside of the town so I decided to stay for the night as I was in no rush anywhere.

‘Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation.[2] The Gospel of John may have been written here.[3] It is also the site of a large gladiators' graveyard.
Today's archaeological site lies 3 kilometers southwest of the town of Selçuk, in the Selçuk district of İzmir Province, Turkey. The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport and via the port of Kuşadası.’
After I done my tourist bit I drove back to the hostel where I met an Australian (there every where) guy who was going the same direction as I was so I offered him a lift the next day back up to Canakkale.
Turned out he was some kind of ancient Roman-Greek history buff so I spent 5 hour (with a stop off in the middle to look at some more rocks) listing to him dribble on about rocks. To be fair a lot of what he was saying was interesting but we all have our limits when it comes to the subject of rocks.