Artemis At Ephesus: The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, is also known as the Temple of Diana and also known as the Artemesium ,the ancient temple, constructed around 650 BC to the cult of Artemis, was built on a site already sacred to the Anatolian Mother Goddess, Cybele. The temple was financed by the wealthy king of Lydia and marshy ground was chosen for the building site as a precaution against future earthquakes and seismic tremors. it is located in Ephesus witch is turkey now , Antipater of Sidon included it on his authoritative rundown of landmarks and of monuments, partly because of its size and grandeur, but also because of its location .the temple soon attracted merchants, lords, and tourists , a considerable lot of donated jewelery and other treasures to Artemis and her temple. Its splendor also attracted many worshippers and travelers, strengthening the cult of Artemis. Its location on the rim of the Greek world helped to provoke admiration to non-Greeks of the boundlessness of the Greek world .It has been implicit the territories of Ephesus on a level range which has through the hundreds of years transformed into a swamp. it was considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world .It was constructed around 323 BC .now a days you can only see the ruins of the foundations of this wonderful construction of

By 263 AD,the temple was reconstructed after the death of Alexander the Great (who inquisitively had been conceived on July 21, 356 BC), and then it was destroyed again in 262 by the Goths. Remains of the temple were used in the development and construction of later buildings.the temple was again reconstructed in the 4th century, but by the end of that century the temple had been abandoned and was being used as a marble quarry for new buildings, including