Want to go deeper?

The following are recommended to help you look deeper into the history and archaeology of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis.

Recommended for purchase:

• Jerome Murphy-O'Connor. St. Paul's Ephesus: Texts and Archaeology (2008) – Highly recommended companion to Murphy-O;Connor's excellent St. Paul's Corinth: Texts & Archaeology.

• Paul Trebilco. The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius (2007, 864 pages!) – The author seeks to discuss all the evidence for the life of the early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius, seen in the context of our knowledge of the city as a whole.

• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World DVD (2006, 50 min.) – Presents the colossal Temple of Artemis along with the Great Pyramids and the five other ancient wonders.

Online resources:

• Ephesos (Series: "Archaeology and the Cities of Asia Minor in Late Antiquity," co-sponsored by University of Michigan & the German Archaeological Institute)

• "Paelogeographical Development of the Ephesia" (Austrian Archaeological Institute) - Explains some of the latest research regarding the changing coastline of Ephesus.

• Terrace Houses (also called "Slope Houses" or "Hanghausen")

• Ephesus Museum

• Ïbrahim Ataç – Ancient Theater of Ephesus

• A. Bammer – Temple of Artemis (Artemision)

William M. Ramsay – "Ephesus: City of Change" | "The Letter to the Church in Ephesus" 210-236 and 237-250, respectively, from Letters to the Seven Churches & Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse, 2nd ed. (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906).