The temple of Artemis, ... Archaeological evidence shows that there were not 1, not 2, but 3 different temples built on this site, as early as the Bronze age around the 8th century BCE, ...

The sanctuary’s Temple of Artemis, which was originally built in the late eighth century b.c. and ... The site’s earliest known temple to Artemis was a 100-foot-long building with an apse ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and ...

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey (Image credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Built around 550 B.C. by Croesus, a king of Lydia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was ...

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was destroyed on July 21, 356 BCE in an act of arson committed by a madman whose motivation was fame at any cost. Valerius Maximus, VIII.14.ext.5 states: “That ...

Steps of the podium of Hadrian’s temple in Cyzicus. Credit: Carole Raddato / Following Hadrian / Wikimedia Commons / Flickr. Archaeological excavations carried out at the site have revealed the ...

Archaeologists excavate ancient temple of Artemis in Greece The 100 foot structure was home to a number of shocking finds, giving insight into the history of a cult dating back to the 7th century.

The temple was partially destroyed in the sixth century B.C., likely by a fire, the ministry said. Another temple was built in the area towards the end of that century.

Nearby the ancient Temple of Amarysia Artemis on the country’s second-largest island, archaeologists discovered another temple—this one from the 7th century BC.