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EPHESUS
 The history of Ephesus stretches out like a landscape, from its hazy and distant beginnings veiled in myth, to its later glory, as the Roman Capital of Asia.
The name "Ephesus" was probably derived from the word "Apasas", the name for the site in the late Bronze Age. A pre-Greek name, most likely meaning bee, it is strongly supported by the popular symbolism of that most famous of goddesses, the Ephesian Artemis. The ancient author [more]
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