The Ancient City of Ephesus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Ancient_City_of_Ephesus

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned	15th century AD
gptkbp:connectedTo	gptkb:Aegean_Sea
gptkbp:controlledBy	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:Roman_Empire gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Ancient_Greeks
gptkbp:currency	Ephesian drachma
gptkbp:excavatedBy	gptkb:Austrian_Archaeological_Institute 1863
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Great_Theatre gptkb:Library_of_Celsus gptkb:Temple_of_Artemis
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Attic_and_Ionian_Greek_colonists
gptkbp:foundedIn	10th century BC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Ancient City of Ephesus
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Greek gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Asia_Minor gptkb:Turkey gptkb:Izmir_Province
gptkbp:nearbyModernCity	gptkb:Selçuk
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Temple_of_Serapis gptkb:Harbour_Street gptkb:Heracles_Gate gptkb:Magnesian_Gate gptkb:Nymphaeum_of_Trajan gptkb:Basilica_Stoa gptkb:Gymnasium_of_Vedius gptkb:Harbour_Gymnasium gptkb:Monument_of_Memmius gptkb:Stoa_of_Alytarchs gptkb:stadium gptkb:Basilica_of_St._John gptkb:Baths_of_Scholastica gptkb:Baths_of_Varius gptkb:Church_of_Mary gptkb:Commercial_Agora gptkb:Curetes_Street gptkb:Gate_of_Augustus gptkb:Gate_of_Mazeus_and_Mithridates gptkb:Prytaneion gptkb:Serapis_Temple gptkb:State_Agora gptkb:Temple_of_Domitian gptkb:Temple_of_Hadrian gptkb:Terrace_Houses gptkb:Vedius_Gymnasium gptkb:Bishop's_Palace gptkb:Artemision gptkb:Agora gptkb:Odeon gptkb:House_of_the_Virgin_Mary cathedral Marble Street Baths of Constantius Gate of Persecution Seven Sleepers Cave Octagon Tomb Stadium Street Tetragonos Agora
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Heraclitus gptkb:John_the_Apostle gptkb:Paul_the_Apostle gptkb:Mary,_mother_of_Jesus gptkb:Timothy Artemidorus
gptkbp:populationPeak	up to 250,000
gptkbp:religionsPracticed	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Greek_polytheism
gptkbp:significantEvent	visited by Apostle Paul site of the Third Ecumenical Council in 431 AD site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
gptkbp:status	gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:touristAttraction	yes
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	2015 yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Turkey's_Tentative_List
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7