[CatherineTorpey]

Hi all,

Both last week’s and this upcoming week’s scriptures come from the book of Ephesians, which is a letter that Paul (or, more likely, one of his followers) wrote to the church in Ephesus.

Ephesus is now in Turkey, but back in New Testament times, it was part of Greece. It’s right on the Mediterranean:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/6a/c5/da6ac5ecb7be05efc8ff159463b47f99.jpg

Ephesus was the third largest city in the Roman Empire, but a few hundred years after Christ, so much silt had built up in its port that ships could no longer use it, and so the city fell into rapid decline. It’s a major tourist attraction in Turkey because of its ruins and its Mediterranean setting. This picture gives a sense of it today: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49751607561_4f5ef88e6a_b.jpg

If you are interested in the glory that was Ephesus, these are some lovely “virtual reconstructions” of what its most impressive buildings would probably have looked like:

Virtual reconstruction of the Celsus library in Ephesus, Turkey | 2016

Virtual reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the Curetes street in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the Memmius monument in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the city of Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the State Agora in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the Temple of Hadrian in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the Theatre of Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the Nymphaeum Traiani in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

Virtual Reconstruction of the residential unit 3 of the Terrace houses in Ephesus, Turkey | 2017

VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CELSUS LIBRARY IN EPHESUS, TURKEY | New color scheme | 2018

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