"History rises from Turkish ruins
Rome, Greece, St. John, Virgin Mary all tied to Ephesus
By Betsa Marsh
Enquirer contributor
From the top of the Street of Curetes, named for a college of priests, it's easy to imagine some of the 250,000 toga-clad citizens of Ephesus crowding the streets. You can still see ruts from chariot wheels scored into the stone.
Photos by Betsa Marsh
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The colossal ruins of Ephesus, Turkey, once the mighty Roman capital of Asia, are famous for grand temples and a 25,000-seat amphitheater. Yet it's the small things that make the Ephesians come alive to me.
I spot the secret emblems that brave Christians carved into the marble walkways; Christians were fed to the animals in the arena until the fourth century. Climbing down the grand staircase of the Library of Celsus, I see a menorah a Jew scratched into the marble step. "
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