The temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana because the Romans liked to take the Greek Gods and just change their names for their own religion, AND also known as the Artemision which ...

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 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 ...

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, built in what is now western Turkey, would surely still stand out today as an architectural marvel. Built around 550 BCE, the temple was some 350 feet long by 180 feet wide ...

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 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 ...

The people revered this statue until it was destroyed by an earthquake in the 5th century B.C.E. Temple of Artemis The temple was built in honor of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt.