The Churches in Asia, Extr. from the Home Letters of A.N. Somerville [Ed. by W.F. Somerville]. - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... XIX. EPHESUS. Feb. 7th, Saturday. We left Aidin at 7.45 a.m. The morning was wet. Three horses were waiting to take us to the station. Only a goods train. We reached Ayasolook, i.e., Ephesus, at 10.30 a.m. The rain was not heavy, but we did not see the famous city, or rather I should say the site of it, to advantage. We immediately set out, I on horseback, the other two on foot to explore. Passing along the piers of a ruinous aqueduct, which strides over the plain, the tops of which were tufted with huge nests of storks, many carvings and inscriptions in Greek were noticed, proving, as the stones were sometimes reversed, that the erection had been constructed out of the remains of the ancient city. The renowned temple of Diana, which for centuries had been buried, its very site, strange to say, being unknown, though the building was the largest Greek temple ever constructed, has been discovered, with considerable ingenuity, by Mr Wood, since James was at Ephesus with Mr Richard Kidston, now 17 years ago. None of the savants who had studied the subject supposed the temple to be where it was actually found. The excavations were made to a depth of twenty-one feet below the present level of the soil. The discovery is of great value, and is a triumph of archaeological research. Mr Wood could not prosecute his work for want of funds, and there is little indeed in the foundations at present to interest the eye. It was weary work stumbling over stones and mud. The temple had a low site for fear of earthquakes. Though repeatedly burned, it had been rebuilt with increasing magnificence. It had an area more than four times that of the Parthenon at Athens. Its architecture was Ionic, while that of the Parthenon is Doric. This temple of Diana and the Parthenon, dedicated to ...

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