Marble Road Ephesus

On the west side in the middle of the marble road on the pavement is a piece of marble with graffiti showing a woman with a crown a heart and a left foot.

Marble road ephesus.

The section of the road between celsus library and the commercial agora was covered with marble plates. The marble road is another main street between the library and the theater but it was originally part of the sacred road stretching to the artemis temple. These days this is not much more than a total ruin but still it used to be one of the 7 wonders of the world. Carvings in turkey s marble road may have directed ancient romans to a hidden brothel.

Discover the brothel advertisement at ephesus in acarlar köyü turkey. It links curetes street with the arcadiane passing the library of celsus and the commercial agora. The western side of the road is enclosed by the agora wall and on the wall is a higher platform which was. For religious ceremony road and a pedestrian way it was one of the mostly used road.

The road circling mount pion was the main road through the city and also accepted as the holy road or sacred way of ephesus. On your way to the site of ephesus you will pass the temple of artemis. The marble road was one of the main streets running through the ancient city of ephesus. Traces of chariots can be seen here.

Marble road nomadicniko october 19 2018 february 17 2020 ephesus. The original construction dates to the 1st century ad though it was rebuilt in the 5th century ad.