Name: トルコのエフェソス古代都市 (Ephesus, Turkey: Ancient City)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:46:17.000Z
Duration: 4 min 35 s
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is one of the world's greatest classical sites.

The west coast of what we now call Turkey

It was later consumed by the expanding Roman empire

and eventually became a major Roman city.

only about 15% of this Greco-Roman metropolis

Eventually its busy port silted up and it was abandoned.

1,000 years of silt left it stranded three miles inland

of learning and wisdom inspired the citizenry.

The city's main street is lined with buildings grand,

To this day, archeologists debate just what it all means.

For extra guidance, we're joined by my friend

For years, Lale has led our bus tour groups around Turkey,

Huge city -- quarter of a million people.

Now, we're in the downtown and the main street of the city,

but the city expanded beyond this main street on both sides.

RICK: So, way up to the mountain, actually?

LALE: On both directions, way up to the mountains,

Right underneath us there was a huge sewer,

and there were clay pipes at either side of the street

taking fresh water to the baths and the fountains.

Ah, so they had aqueducts coming in and powering the whole city.

RICK: So, public toilets were really public.

The terrace houses stretch up from the city's main drag.

These excavations are incredibly complex,

like piecing together an enormous puzzle.

the ongoing work is protected under a roof.

The terrace houses give us a particularly intimate look

Now, how many families would have lived in this zone?

RICK: This must have been the elite of Ephesus.

can you imagine what it would be like to live at that time?

Sort of -- it was very luxurious living in these houses.

All houses were arranged around an atrium,

so they had the courtyard with rooms all around,

which were richly decorated with art on two or three floors.

To estimate an ancient city's population,

As this one holds 25,000, they figure the city's population

It was here that the apostle Paul planned to give his talk

instructing the Ephesians to stop worshipping man-made gods.

And here in Ephesus, that god was Artemis.

The local craftspeople produced statues of Artemis like this.

would ruin their businesses, they started a riot.

Imagine this theater filled with thousands of people

and he ended up giving his message by letter.

That's why, in the Bible, we've got Paul's letter