Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 4

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  • čas přidán 15. 05. 2023
  • One location, three temples, and many, many breasts. You guessed it, our 4th wonder of the ancient world is the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus! Let’s get into it.
    Welcome to episode 4 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.
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    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 sounds like the coolest transformer of the bunch, was located in the Ephesus, near the modern town of Selcuk in present day Turkiye. 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, with the final one being destroyed for good in 401 CE. So we’ve got over 1,000 years of worship going on at this one place.
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Komentáře • 59

  • @Enyavar1
    @Enyavar1 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This is great: I hadn't realized yet that this wasn't a temple of _Artemis_ , but a temple of the _Lady of Ephesus a.k.a. Artemis_ which now seems a pretty important distinction for me.

  • @peterdore2572
    @peterdore2572 Před rokem +7

    I love this series

  • @christopherwaldrop5293
    @christopherwaldrop5293 Před rokem +5

    I've read so much about the seven wonders but I love how much I'm still learning from this series.

  • @sapientisessevolo4364
    @sapientisessevolo4364 Před rokem +13

    I guess you could say that when Ephesus turned christian Artemis became Artemissed

  • @AtheistNihilist
    @AtheistNihilist Před 8 měsíci +1

    just discovered your channel through this video. instantly subscribed. very learned analysis about a very interesting topic. i'm going to watch your entire 7 wonders series and your other content too. thanks!

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Wow thanks so much! The remaining wonders videos will be out soon for you ☺️

  • @grindsaur
    @grindsaur Před rokem +5

    Second temple: sinks into the silt.
    Ephesians: “Let’s rebuild it even larger, taller and heavier!”…

    • @grindsaur
      @grindsaur Před rokem +3

      Also: there’s no way you’re convincing me that that goddess is not Shub-Niggurath 😅
      Ïa! Ïa! The Goat with a Thousand Young!

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před rokem +3

      😂 so much for physics!

  • @ggwhale
    @ggwhale Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for the great analysis of this ancient location. Very well done.

  • @jerrycratsenberg989
    @jerrycratsenberg989 Před rokem

    Wow! Whay a fun historical examination of the "wonders". I knew none of this before your presentation here. You are lovely and I want your jacket!

  • @TurquoiseInk
    @TurquoiseInk Před 10 měsíci +1

    I don't remember where I saw this, but I remember a discussion of Artemis's "breasts" being beehives. There were leather beehives made by beekeepers which would be full of honey and bee wax

  • @jrodriguez1374
    @jrodriguez1374 Před rokem +4

    Really appreciate this series, raven!

  • @scottmayhew2227
    @scottmayhew2227 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I like her presentations.

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi Před rokem +1

    Nice glade you did this one.

  • @thelifeandtimesofjames4273
    @thelifeandtimesofjames4273 Před 4 měsíci

    Superb video as always.

  • @jamesonstalanthasyu
    @jamesonstalanthasyu Před 11 měsíci

    I like how you had a picture of a colorful temple of artemis. They had crazy painting palletes.

  • @saskiacowan8962
    @saskiacowan8962 Před rokem +1

    I’m learning so much from this series, thank you Raven

  • @jonathanaarhus224
    @jonathanaarhus224 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The fact that the cult of Artemis was involved in the amber trade may have had something to do with the fact that Tacitus Identified the most important Germanic goddess (possibly Freyja) with Isis. Basically all Amber came from Northerm Europe.

  • @InternetDarkLord
    @InternetDarkLord Před rokem +3

    12:35 Cowboys never let anything go to waste. After castrating bulls, they cooked the testicles with the branding iron and ate them. If you ever see "Rocky Mountain Oysters" on an American menu, people still eat them today.

  • @davidfiarman5954
    @davidfiarman5954 Před 11 měsíci

    Welcome back Raven! Good to see you making content again. Love this series!

  • @ionfyr1781
    @ionfyr1781 Před rokem +1

    I usually like your videos, but I found this one quite interesting, especially the locations of the temple being in a flood plain, and that being the important part, not the building itself.
    I first became intrigued by Artemis when I saw the eidolon in the garden of Villa d'Este, with fountains spirting everywhere. Very NOT Roman. The breast thing you mentioned--about the representative light/dark depictions was illuminating: in that, I always interpretted them as breasts. Your mention of them as not being black like the hands and face in the video forced me to rethink my interpretation. Now...Clearly, they are not intended as breasts, as they have been for a very long time.
    Thank you, Raven. Your channel is awesome.

  • @3ekaust
    @3ekaust Před rokem +1

    Great video❤

  • @hypercomms2001
    @hypercomms2001 Před 2 měsíci

    Having been there... it is not actually at Ephesus... but at Selcuk... and so was "The Australian Carpet Shop"... when I kitched hiked there in 1987......

  • @bobsebbo
    @bobsebbo Před rokem +1

    Too cool, keep em' coming. Thanks.

  • @Danetto
    @Danetto Před rokem

    awesome. i think u are one of the best youtubers...

  • @alexisC2070
    @alexisC2070 Před 11 měsíci

    Hi Raven, very interesting videos you make! Is there any information on how the Greeks chose the location of their temple? What was the criteria? I suppose it wasn't random... perhaps you can do a video about that.

  • @Dreska_
    @Dreska_ Před rokem +3

    Remember to upvote people!

  • @welcometonebalia
    @welcometonebalia Před rokem +1

    Thank you.

  • @barbarossarotbart
    @barbarossarotbart Před rokem

    I've heard about a theory that the objects on the Ephesian Artemis are the final segment of the thoraces of bees. I've also heard that the remains of an apiary had been found close to the temple.

  • @M.M.83-U
    @M.M.83-U Před rokem

    Nice video
    2:20 some editing problem? VIII c. BC is not Bronze Age, not in the Mediterranean at least.

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před rokem +2

      Dates back to the bronze age, destroyed around the 7th-8th c. BCE. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Edit error that I missed in my final fact check. I've corrected it in a pinned comment :)

  • @tripbreaker
    @tripbreaker Před rokem +1

    So... this had absolutely had nothing to do with Wonder Woman? Should I get oddly upset about this fact and start lashing out? Kidding. Thanks for the info as usual!

  • @TeethToothman
    @TeethToothman Před 10 měsíci

    ❤❤❤

  • @Dr.KurtAffair
    @Dr.KurtAffair Před 10 měsíci

    Sockrates - hosier to the elite of ancient Greece?

  • @marcuscarpenter4885
    @marcuscarpenter4885 Před rokem +1

    It seems strange to call something from 8th BCE, Bronze Age. What am I missing here?

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před rokem +6

      Dates back to the bronze age, destroyed around the 7th-8th c. BCE. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Edit error that I missed in my final fact check. I've corrected it in a pinned comment :)

  • @thhseeking
    @thhseeking Před 11 měsíci

    I'm curious, I've seen in a lot of places people have started calling Turkey "Turkiye" in English. Why the change?

  • @jasoncuculo7035
    @jasoncuculo7035 Před 10 měsíci

    8th century BCE is not the Bronze Age it us the Archaic Greek Iron Age

  • @benchilders571
    @benchilders571 Před rokem

    8th Century BC is not the Bronze Age for Anatolia. Not even close. Otherwise pretty good video

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před rokem +1

      Dates back to the bronze age, destroyed around the 7th-8th c. BCE. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Edit error that I missed in my final fact check. I've corrected it in a pinned comment :)

  • @classicslover
    @classicslover Před rokem

    "The coolest of all the Transformers". Yep. = ) Now Raven...be honest...How many times did episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess run through your mind while creating this one? You know? Since Xena killed Artemis after Artemis shot arrows at Xena, and Xena caught them, and threw them back at her? And assuming a non-bottomless pit...one of the temples sinking would have helped stabilize the next one, somewhat. So they never determined what was deemed so sacred about the location itself? Or did I miss that?

    • @DigItWithRaven
      @DigItWithRaven  Před rokem +2

      I don't remember that episode of Xena!! Gosh your memory is fantastic. Nothing in particular screamed 'sacred' for the archaeologists or the ancient writers that I've seen, so I'm assuming just your regular run of the mill 'this hill is the best hill' spirituality? Probably something that carried over through oral history in prehistory

    • @classicslover
      @classicslover Před rokem

      @@DigItWithRaven Sometimes my memory is fantastic...sometimes there are clips on CZcams which I may or may not click on from time to time. = ) But that one does stick. because of the whole "catching the arrows then throwing them and killing someone". And the location...I see! I guess it could also have been "This temple is sacred!" (Temple falls) "Well, that's okay. It was really the LAND that was sacred."

    • @thhseeking
      @thhseeking Před 11 měsíci +1

      "Everyone said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank..."

    • @classicslover
      @classicslover Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@thhseeking "But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England." = ) Was HOPING someone was going to make the Monty Python and the Holy Grail connection! Perhaps the writers drew inspiration from The Temple of Artemis?

    • @thhseeking
      @thhseeking Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@classicslover My mind works in mysterious ways :P

  • @The.panthera.
    @The.panthera. Před 2 měsíci

    No way a fire can destroy the worlds largest marble temple 😂 it was probably a global cataclysm far back in time than why we're being told

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 Před 8 měsíci

    love your presentation style. the info is very relevant too, as is ur humor. Fab. (just pls no more CE, BCB, ACBC, CDD , blah blah for date). itz so distracting. just use a calendar you like, but dont deface and dishonor the christian calendar and faith)