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🏛️ Ephesus-Magnesia

Archaeology & Antiquity Türkiye Asia

🏛️ Ephesus-Magnesia
Ancient Roman city on the Aegean coast of Anatolia


🕐 3 min read · Updated 4 May 2026 at 06:37

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Selçuk, İzmir Province, southwestern Turkey, 3 km south of Ephesus
  • Span: Ionian Greek settlement (c. 1000 BCE) through Ottoman abandonment (15th century CE)
  • Peak population: Third-largest city in the Roman Empire during 1st–2nd centuries CE
  • UNESCO inscription: 2015

Ephesus-Magnesia is an ancient city in southwestern Anatolia that served as a major Hellenistic and Roman port and ...

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