DID YOU KNOW ?

• Did you know Ephesus is considered one of the great outdoor museums of Turkey?
• Did you know the toilets in Ephesus were ranged side by side with no partition between them?
• Did you know before the rich people used the toiletstheir slaves sat and heated toilets’ stone for their masters?
• Did you know the ancient Romans knew the true shape of the world even back in the 1st century AD? It can be understood from the round shape on which one foot of Emperor Trajan is resting, symbolized his rule of the world.
• Did you know the facade of Celsus Library has 2 stories but the interior facade has 3 stories because of original architecture?
• Did you know the Celsus Library in Ephesus was the third largest library with the capacity of 12,000 scrollsafter  the Alexandra and Pergamum?
• Did you know one of the early philosophers Heraclituswas born in Ephesus and his famous motto that anindividual can and can not step into the same river twice?
• Did you know the first church dedicated to Virgin Mary is in Ephesus?
• Did you know Ephesus which was once a seaport is now 6 miles away from the sea?
• Did you know that Ancient City of Ephesus was built 4 times in the history and the Ephesus we walk around today is the 3th one?
• Did you know that The Virgin Mary lived her last years of her life in Turkey, here in a small cottage near Ephesus?
• Did you know The Virgin Mary’s house in Ephesus is visited by Pope the 6th Paul and Pope Jean Paul as welL?
• Did you know The Third Ecumenical Council convened in the Church of the Virgin Mary? The same church is also known as one of the seven churches of the Apocalypse