Highlights of Ephesus

A Roman historian's tour of Turkey's premier archaeological site.

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[bossman]

"by that period, the street was lit at night"

hell yeah

[brianmckeever]

A most impressive place. I was there about 5 years ago. I loved your term "maelstrom of tourists". I could not have come up with a more apt description! I remember the "first ad" for a business carved in stone. An ad for a brothel I believe. Or at least, that is my memory. It was very interesting to walk the streets where Cleopatra and Marc Anthony may have walked. It would have been a lot of fun to visit it with someone with your expertise.

[johnnyboyvan]

Returning there this upcoming summer. I love it.

[theoldar]

I was there in September. It was jam packed. It was nice to escape into the terrace houses, where the crowd wasn't so bad.

[ftir]

"at the very heart of the tourist maelstrom" made me laugh out loud

[ThebanTraveller]

When i went, i could not decide between Ephesus or Pergamon...So i did both. Ephesus is beautiful, but the landscape of Pergamon took my breath away. Both recommended. 😊🙏

[MikeH-sgue]

I hope to get back there, it’s been 49 years!

[CSionni]

I am literally the same age as Ben and had the exact same experience as him. FF8 was my first FF and I received it for my birthday in 2000, right before my birthday. So I was 11 turning 12.

I had also only played non-rpgs beforehand. My mom bought me the game and I played it ALL night with my buddies. It blew my mind, from the opening cutscene to the experience getting you stronger, to literally everything.

I also felt like crying when it was over and it touched me like no other game has since.

The GFs, music, ambiguous ending, minigames, characters…it is a truly special game that has impacted my life tremendously.

[ArcaneUniverse-]

7:46 Such a detailed and engaging exploration – I learned so much! 🧠👏

[karlnapp]

Thanks for this and the link to the tour. In Istanbul, I'd highly recommend the military museum with the 'Mehter' Janissary Band performance.

[QuantumHistorian]

Lysimachos was certainly a general of Alexander the Great, but he was unlikely to have been so at the *beginning* of the 4thC BC, as neither he nor Alexander were born yet. Did you early 3rdC BC? (I'm guessing it has to be between Ipsus and his death to Seleukos?)

[lwaldron]

And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

[fredyair]

We visited two years ago, what a magnificent place. Thank you for your tour, it really highlights the places we saw in person.

[pigdroppings]

Death of Arsinoe...sister of at 5:30 in the video.
She was ordered to be killed by Mark Anthony in 41 BC, Cleopatra's lover.
The elimination of possible political rivals.
She was 22 years old.

[kuduzdoktorhektor]

I used to live near the that area and visited there a few times. Walking on that stone main road was a fantastic feeling.

[EmilyGloeggler]

To think, Saul/Apostle Paul once walked there.

[lesliea]

In its' prime Ephesus was most extraordinary. It ebbed away bc the harbor silted over. We should think about this death in terms of our modern day climate challenge, sea-level rise.

[CraftClash]

Anyone have any idea where I can find what that large block has written on it? Around the 3:00 mark.

[JimCvit]

Nice to see this again. I was there once in '92.

[jaredfry]

It's like I'm actually there!