The Lost City of Ephesus - All you need to know
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2020
- Hello peeps in this video we visited Ephesus, one of the most visited places in Turkey, now during low winter season and with covid19 around there was absolutely no tourists and we had the place just to ourselves so we had the time to appreciate and understand this magnificent ancient city, but what is Ephesus?
We will explain it very briefly as the history is long and complex:
Ephesus was a city port founded by the greeks, (the whole coast of todays Turkey was in fact part of ancient Greece during the Classical Greek Era), in the 10th century BCE.
In 129 BCE the Roman Empire took over the city and because of this most of what we see in Ephesus today is from the Roman era.
The city of Ephesus was once considered the most important Greek city, the most important trading center in the Mediterranean region and one of the richest cities, Ephesus made all its money from trade and with advanced building knowledge they built one of the greatest cities in the world that still "stands" today (some of it anyway).
Around the 15th century AD Ephesus was abandoned and the main reason for this was silt build up in the harbour, which eventually reached the point where no ship could reach the city, the city was also destroyed before this and since then was never the same and started to decline but even after nearly 3 millennia Ephesus left it's legacy to archaeologists, historians and the thousands of visitors to come to the region each year to see the ancient ruins.
Excavations started around the 18 hundreds and ONLY 15% of it has been excavated, meaning that the remain 85% is still underground, if with 15% revealed we were left speechless we can only imagine how magnificent Ephesus was once before if we had the chance to see it all.
Hope you enjoy the video and that it brings you some knowledge about Ephesus.
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My wife and I were in Turkey in May 2019 and Ephesus is definitely one of our favourite. Love the magnificent Great Theatre and Library of Celsius. Simply spectacular!
Turkey is a land of beautiful people, landscape and history. So very glad my sister and I visited it last November and yes, I totally agree with you, Ephesus is one of those historical places that one must visit. Thank you very much both for the wonderful down the memory lane visual and narration of Ephesus.
I visited Ephesus when I was in Turkey in dec 2018, however the tourist guide did not explained as clear as both of you did, I think the guidebook that you bought from the hotel was very very useful indeed, .. as always .. although your vlog only provided a brief explanation of the place you visited but it is enough to give us a clear picture of the historical background as well as to stimulate our mood and interest to go visit turkey and Ephesus again .. good job Joao and Christiana .. take care and stay safe always 💕🐈💕
Thank you so much, yeah the history of Ephesus is so long up until today we are still reading about it and discovering/learning more, with almost 3000 years of history is quite difficult to explain or mention everything in a short video (it would have been a documentary otherwise 😂) so we decided to just to give an insight of Ephesus and mention things we found interesting along the way 😁
Omg the city structure still existing! This is one of my dream to visit because of Book of Ephesians ❤️
D ancient city, Ephesus, an incredible site of world heritage n history.
Great explanation. Ephesus was mentioned in the Bible ( New Testament) many times... always wanted to visit..With your vlogs.. i can plan my Turkey travels.
It's so nice to see you guys in Turkey. I was there some years back and I rate it as one of the nicest countries I've visited. I'm jealous that you have all the sites almost to yourselves. When I was there (in spring) everywhere was quite crowded.
And so nice you convert prices to MYR!
Have fun and stay safe!
Thank you for sharing this magnificent history. Amazing information. Thanks again! In my watchlist if visit Turkey later!!!!
Thanks so much 😁😁
efes harabelerini sizinle gezmek harika oldu tşkler,
I have seen your Mardin video, and I have to say it was a wonderful idea to wander out of the typical tourist traps and sample the real culture on your own as that's the real country and the real people. Keep your videos coming, I find them really interesting. Cheers!
Yeah and after visiting so many historical sites in Turkey we decided to just wonder around, it feels good to just walk around 😁
Great explanation... in pendemic situation right now we travel virtual on your video.. thanks..
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for this amazing video n d history behind it.
U guys got d place all to yourselves, wonderful private exploration.
well done! thank you for the tour. it was very interesting
Thanks so much 😃
Wish I was there Just love ancient cities n its civilization
Incredibly interesting. Great explanation. Stay safe.
Thank you for giving us a vitual tour! It means a lot. 🙏🙂
Thank you 😊
Incredible experience!!! For sure a must visit place! I am so jealous! You have some really interesting uploads in your channel❤️😊Congratulations 👏
Thank you so much 😊
Incredible ..many centuries ago they could built such a massive city..thankyou for your tour..Travelgramers..stay safe
You guys have boundless energy 👍😊
love you guys. your channel deserves more subcribers. LOVE from Terengganu. ⚫⚪
Aww 😍 thank you ☺️
Amazing Ephesus. 😀😀😀
Thank you for the tour.. it is amazing! Remind me something like Pompei Ruin City...
Awesome exploration! Stay safe to both of you
That was amazing,, I definitely will be there someday
Wowwww....thank you!!
It is a ruin now, but anyone can see how magnificent it was.
the cinematic sound track. lovely
Thank you so much 😊
Thanks for bringing the amazing ancient city of Ephesus to us. Saves us the TL100 entrance fee. Hehe... The very informative narration is well conveyed. Kudos to you both.
Thank you so much 😊
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Thank you
Happy New year 🎉🎉🎉
The best episode ❤️👍
Thank you 🙏
Wow so jealous I hope to go visit there someday
Love the place!
Ephesus ...Ephesus ? Never heard of that place. Interesting ... interesting. That's what you guys are. Bringing Me there. Love it. Thanks 😊 😊 😊
Glad we got to show you something new 😁😁😁
Terima kasih
Sama sama 🙃🙃
Amazing place to explore👍
Indeed 😃😃
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Visited Ephesus in Dec 2018.
Breath taking sight to behold. Not sure if you spotted the carving of the Goddess Nike. That's where it inspired sports giant NIKE to have it's swoosh logo from...from the trailing soft robe of the goddess Nike carving. Another was the universal symbol of medicine, the spear and snake twisted around it. Followed a guide who was explaining to a group of tourists there. :)
The medicine symbol was of Roman God Hermes, if I'm not mistsken.
Only 15% excavations had been completed, another 85% remains buried, what a great city it was.
Imagine the size of that place 😃
@@Travelgramers Yes, I can. It was definitely one of d major city n one of d modern n one of d biggest cities in d world during its era.
Love the history...from the romans to byzantine to ottoman to middle ages...rich history...wish i cud bring my wife and travel to turkey like u guys! 🤩👍👍
I am sure one day you will 😁😁
@@Travelgramers cant wait haha😍🤩
Very nice i love this coupl 😊
Aww 🥰 thank you
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Ephesus has a really nice scenery😊 great place to visit....i love walking to if im there because of the cool weather there..try to walk here in Malaysia for 40min u will sweating all over like u were showering 😂😂😂 anyway nice video guys love the background music😊. Take care n staysafe
In Malaysia we would walk too, in fact we used to walk everywhere and we would rarely take transportation unless it was raining 😂 we don’t mind the heat 🙃🙃
@@Travelgramershehehe...i mean im gonna be sweating alot walking for 40min in Kuala Lumpur😬 yeah i know u guys love walking around Malaysia wearing flip flop😬
Ahaha flips flops are the best we even wore flip flops for our jungle walks it’s never a good idea but it’s comfortable 😂
So nice😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Amazing ancient architecture...without any technology or machinery. Without any info...That looks like it was built in the 80s. Really grand!
Any other ancient civilization that is comparable?
I think the only rival to Roman/Greek civilization at that time was some empires in China. They said even Romans can't conquer that city. India also had some ancient civilization but their buildings and architecture are mostly dedicated for worship.
As ever, your magnificent journey is incredibly intense to watch at. I will always support you no matter what.
Aww thanks so much 😃😃😃
that city back in the days might have looked like something out of a fairy tales
A remarkable tour around Ephesus ancient city. As always, Cristiana's explanation was interesting. Good job !!
A knowledgeable vlog, enjoyed watching.
Stay safe guys !!
Thanks so much 😁😁😁
@Mete Aydemir thank you, we don’t have a strict plan we go with the flow but hopefully we’ll make it to Ankara 😁😁
I love the ancient cities from the greco-roman era
Awesome guys beautiful intro and music 👍 you brought us back to the ancient history. I can't imagine the public toilet 😬 sharing ambience with the people next to you 😅 hahahah best part was that the place was empty nobody touring around except both of you and your new furry friend 👍
I guess there had their own “orquestra” playing in the public toilets 😂 😂
Thanks so much for your kind words in regards to our video ☺️
Stay safe
Beautiful cat everywhere in Turkey.
Great video indeed...watching ur video always failed to dissapoint . Each time wil watch ur video first , Ken , then jetlag ... But ystrday jetlag canadian nasi goreng by ivana vry dissapoint & feel wana puke :-( . Miss to watch ur cook christina . U both do video with full heart remind me of 'somebody feed phil' usa tv show . Good & keep it up . Take care
It's been debated till now that Ephesus is the home to The Seven Sleepers. If it true, i hope you guys could find the cave.
The cave is there to be visited but we skipped that and we also skipped the Virgin Mary house, we were not so interested in those 😅😬
Number 3!
A very amazing place, amazing geography, amazing ancient history, amazing couple (and amazing cat!). Always 5 stars stuff.
Thank you so so much 😊😊
@@Travelgramers and p🙏🙏
Wow!Looks like only 2 of u....all to yourselves,cool....no crowd 🤣Hope u guys had a 👍🏻🎄Christmas
Yes there was only a couple of other people there so yeah we had the entire place to ourselves 😃
Never thought that Turkey has a lot of ancient building from roman and byzantine...
I would like to suggest to you to go to Jordan next...another country that offer almost the same as Turkey has or maybe more...jordan has petra, jerash, dead sea, castles and a lot more
Ephesus was made in ancient greek times though. They cannot find anything from ancient greeks in jordan.
All the agean see(west) coast of Turkey is full of history by Ancient greeks. Because it is where they used to live. In the old times.
Nice accompanied 🐕!
When she joined us on the way to Ephesus I (Cristiana) was scared I’m afraid of dogs 😂 but then she was the sweetest dog ever, as we were visiting the places she would sit and wait for us the only place she didn’t like staying was the grand theatre she would start crying and heading to the exit in a way of calling us to go 😂 maybe because it was the coldest place and there was no sun shining there until the afternoon 🙃🙃🙃
@@Travelgramers that's an amazing dog! I think muslim cant touch them but maybe muslim from different parts of the islamic belief has different views? In msia i dont think u wud see musljm walking with dogs. But in your video that dog seem so friendly and adorable! Love it when Joao whistled him! So smart!😄
Here we see almost everyone walking their dogs or just petting and feeding the stray dogs and cats so I’m guessing Muslims here are a bit more “westernised” with the views on dogs 🙃
@@Travelgramers yep sure is! Weve had a close turkish friend in holland b4 long time ago who is muslim and had a dog and their house had all the Arabic writting. They pray too!. But they had a wine cellar too haha! Definitely more westernised! In Malaysia we love our cats✌
Yeah they do love their wine here 🙃
Different cultures... that’s why travelling is so much fun we learn a lot about other cultures 😃
stay safe guys.. ..
You too 😉
Lol.. now Ephesus owned by cats.. you forget the dogs.. most of them are huge.. but they're very tame and tagged by each towns municipality.. 👍👌
The dogs live in Selçuk and go on day trips to Ephesus 😂 the cats run Ephesus now 🙃🙃🙃
Been here just before cmco in Feb and loving it.
Hope you had a good time 😁
I love to explore ancient city.
The facade of the library looks similar to the facade of Petra? Similar but of course not the same.
We’ve never been to Petra so we can’t comment on that 😅😅😅
Roman general,,,,,Mark Antony,,,,l presume,,,
Stay safe and stay happy
Yes that’s right 🙃
@@Travelgramers yes it is,,
We learned world history back in old School days ,,,,and also we learned English literature ,,, From Shakespeare play " Mark Antony and Cleopatra " in lower secondary school in the 70s ,,here in 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Beautiful place, is the entrance ticket valid for one day or multiple day, as it may takes more than a day to explore it fully. Great video as always.. 😍
The ticket is only valid for 1 day. One day should be enough to cover Ephesus, we took our time around there, we were filming so that takes a bit of time too that’s probably why we spent a lot of time there 🙃🙃🙃 in the summer it opens earlier and closes later so give you more time to visit but there’s also crowds during the summer
How they know the building before and after🤔
Ephesus was mentioned in the bible (for example) and was also mentioned it in books and/or papyrus, Ephesus was well known and “talked” about back in the days.
The archeologists studying Ephesus have a rough idea of what it used to look like by the fragments and ruins they find, even before Ephesus was re-discovered and excavated people already knew the existence of it by the evidence that had been found.
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Hi, just heard eastern turkey hit by 5.3 earthquake. U two allright?? From spore sub.😊
Hi 👋
Wow an earthquake 😬😬
Hope everyone is ok there, we are on the western part we didn’t feel anything here
@@Travelgramers 👍👌
@@Travelgramers Yeah Croatia been hit with 6.3 earthquake too, lots of destruction to their towns and historical buildings...Stay safe always!
U use drone
We don’t have a drone
From my knowledge, Cleopatra married Roman General Julius Cesar after death of Ramses II from battle with Prophet Moses.
Long story 😂 from what we gathered when she went to Rome with Julius Cesar she got to be friends with Mark Anthony ...
here is one link to her love affairs
www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/cleopatra-love-affairs-julius-caesar-mark-antony/
@@Travelgramers Thx guys! Very informative! 👍😵💗
Thank you so much
@@Travelgramers haha from what i understand it was from a friend to an affair between mark and cleopatra. B4 that, cleopatra and julius caeser had a son caesarion, which is known to be the last pharoah with possibility to be first to rule Rome, leading to a battle of actium.
@@Travelgramers All I know about Cleopatra, Ceaser and Mark Anthony was from the movie Cleopatra lol
Next place, Pamukkale!
After Kusadasi (where we are now) yeees 😁😁
Reminds me of the book of Ephesians
"Happy days" ...yes I am not sure either 😅
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They see roman, they hatin'...
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# but every road leads to Rome.. 🤔😂
@@lendmioNoai #but Rome wasn't built in a day...
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Just kirim Salam 2 the Pope.. 👋 so no more hatin' n denki.. 😂🤣
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U look like him.
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