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Ephesus (/ˈɛfɪsəs/ EF-uh-suhs) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capital of Arzawa, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesus | Abandoned | 15th century | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Archaeologists | John Turtle Wood Otto Benndorf | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Area | Wall circuit: 415 ha (1,030 acres) Occupied: 224 ha (550 acres) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Area | 662.62 ha (1,637.4 acres) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Buffer zone | 1,246.3 ha (3,080 acres) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Built | 10th century BC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Built by | Attic and Ionian Greeks | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Criteria | Cultural: iii, iv, vi | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Excavation dates | 1863–1869, 1895 – present | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Inscription | 2015 (39th Session) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Location | Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey, West Asia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Part of | West Asia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Periods | Greek Dark Ages to Late Middle Ages | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Public access | yes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Reference | 1018 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Region | Ionia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Type | Ancient Greek settlement | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ephesus | Website | www.muze.gov.tr/en/museums/ephesus-archaeological-site | 1.00 | infobox |
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