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“At the present day Ephesus has all the appearance of an inland
city. The traveller who wanders among its ruins may be at first
unconscious of the neighbourhood of the sea. He beholds only a
plain stretching east and west, closed in on the north and south
by long lines of mountain, Gallesion and Koressos. As he looks
to the east he sees only ranges of mountains rising one behind
another. As he looks to the west his view from most parts of the
city is bounded by a ridge which projects northwards from the
long ridge of Koressos into the plain. This little ridge is
crowned by a bold fort, called in the modern local tradition,
St. Paul's Prison: the fort stands on the hill of Astyages
(according to the ancient name), and the ridge contains also
another peak on the west, called the Hermaion. The ridge and
fort constitute the extreme western defences of the Greek city,
which was built about 287 BC. That old Greek tower, owing to its
distance and isolation, has escaped intentional destruction, and
is one of the best preserved parts of the old fortification.
From its elevation of 450 feet it dominates the view, the most
striking and picturesque feature of the Greek Ephesus” (Ramsay,
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, Chapter 17).
Please visit our eight-part
Ephesians Series
by Fred R. Coulter for a
complete exegesis of the Apostle
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
On our
Holy Days 2000
Page, by following the
Pentecost 2000 links,
you may access both
audio
and
transcripts
relating the significance of
Ephesus
to church history. This series
by Fred R. Coulter is entitled
The Seven Church Harvest.
Ephesus, Turkey: Panoramic
pictures of Ephesus
This site offers a camera’s eye view spanning the
entire city. Ephesus is the best
preserved classical city of the
Eastern Mediterranean, and one
of the best representations of
the atmosphere of Roman times.
This site offers a marvelous full-screen picture of the
Ancient Library of Ephesus.
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