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🏛️ Ephesus-Magnesia

Archaeology & Antiquity Türkiye Asia

🏛️ Ephesus-Magnesia
Ancient Ionian city on the Aegean coast of modern Turkey


🕐 4 min read · Updated 4 May 2026 at 06:39

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Location: Near Selçuk in İzmir Province, western Türkiye
  • Founding: Ionian Greek settlement circa 10th century BCE
  • Peak population: 250,000 to 500,000 in 1st–2nd centuries CE
  • UNESCO inscription: 2015

Ephesus is an ancient city in western Türkiye that demonstrates continuous urban development across Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and ...

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