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The ruins of this ancient hub on the Silk Road are vast, and the stories of this bustling old city are fascinating...
from the sea that used to come right up to the roadway at the base of the amphitheater,
to the tunnel between the library and the brothel...
Here, we learned that Turkish coins were currently so worthless that they were drilled and used for buttons.
Here, the local women didn't charge tourists to use the toilets... they sold sheets of toilet paper... it was just as effective.
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TRAVEL: 1978, 2013
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Looking down Curetes Street toward the Celsus Library, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Compare with 2013: AROUND EPHESUS 2013
Workers on the excavation and exploration of Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Domitian Temple, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Compare with 2013: DOMITIAN TEMPLE 2013
Celsus Library, the main structure, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Compare with 2013: CELSUS LIBRARY 2013
Toilets in the public baths, Ephesus, Turkey (1978).
Overview down Marble Road with Agora on right and Celsus Library beyond, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
You can see the work on the excavation of the Terrace Houses that began in 1960 in the background.
We were not able to visit them until our 2013 trip.
Compare with 2013: TERRACE HOUSES 2013
Me, overlooking the Agora, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
(photo by Lynn Chamberlin)
Looking down on the huge Theater with Harbor Road in the background, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
They say the historic harbor came right up to the road.
We took my parents on our 1978 trip, Theater, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Carved stone work, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Carved stone work, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Carved stone work, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
Vendor, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
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Young flute vendor plies his trade, Ephesus, Turkey, 1978.
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