The following example of popular interest in archeology appears between longer illustrated articles on “Japanese Police and a Fire,” “The Paris Exhibition,” and “The Lord Mayor’s Day.” The article on the Paris Exhibition is devoted to an “exquisite cabinet” designed by Alfred Lormier and manufactured by Jackson and Graham, which won the Grand Prix for furniture. — George P. Landow
The Site of Epheseus, Asia Minor. Click on image to enlarge it.
The most renowned of the opulent Greek mercantile cities on the western coast of Asia Minor, one of the most important places of Apostolic missionary preaching and teaching in earliest years of the Christian Church, the residence of St. Paul for during months, and of St. John for many years, is now a scene of mournful decay and desolation. Its ruins, more especially those of the theatre and of the great Temple of Diana have lately been explored by Mr. J. T. Wood; and some remarkable fragments of their architecture and sculpture have been added to the collections of the British Museum. We have, upon former occasions, given a more particular description of the results of archæological research at the site of Epheseus; and our Special Artist, Mr. W. Simpson, has visited the spot to make Sketches of what is to be seen there. The View presented in our Engraving now published is one looking north, which may be recognised by those with some acquaintance of the features of this locality; the sea, with the place of the ancient harbour, near the mouth of the river Cayster, would lie further to the left hand. The ground where the temple stood is now a large pool of water, from which a morass extends to the river. It is stated by Pliny that this ground was always marshy, and the foundations of the temple were laid upon a bed of rammed charcoal, which was expected to be firm and dry; but earthquakes and fires seem to have destroyed the whole city.
Bibliography
“The Ruins of Epheseus.” Illustrated London News. (16 November 1878): 72-73. Hathi Trust online version of a copy in the Princeton University Library. Web. 8 May 2021.
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