In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...

This is French wood engraver Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux’s depiction of the Apostle Paul dictating his letter to the church in Ephesus to his assistant Tychicus. Philippoteaux lived from ...

Journey to the cradle of Western civilization and the classical world on this Aegean voyage exploring the preserved treasures and mythical landscapes of Greece and Turkey. Enjoy excursions to the ...

If you're visiting Greece and its islands in the Aegean Sea, the ruins in Ephesus, Turkey, make a worthwhile side-trip. From the port of Kousadasi, it's about a half-hour to what was once a Roman city ...

KUSADASI, Turkey – In its heyday, Ephesus, the most visited section of this Aegean Sea peninsula resort, was the New York City of Imperial Rome — Asia Minor’s commercial center. Asian, European and ...

Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus once said, "You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing for you." So it was with my quest to visit the ancient city of Ephesus, ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...

Is Greece olds news? Hardly. But the Turkish Riviera has been on a tear in recent years largely due to the explosive ...