Selcuk is a small town about 3 kilometers from Ephesus, which is probably the most popular ruins site in Turkey. Selcuk has some other interesting ruins itself and we stayed at a very nice pension and met some fun people with whom we shared a bottle of wine and a couple kilos of clementines. For chronology's sake, we were here before Bergama.
This is St. John's tomb. There used to be a giant memorial basilica here but it's mostly ruined now. He came here with Mary after Jesus died. It's said that he wrote his Gospel on the hill in the distance. There's a fortress there now, but that was built later by Ottomans.
Surprise! Some Ephesus theater shots. Always love the theaters. Aspendos is the best preserved and Pergamon is the steepest, while Ephesus is the largest with a supposed capacity of 24,000.
This is the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. It's pretty remarkable as you don't see too many buildings with multiple stories still standing. It is by far the best sight here.
Ephesus was easily the most busy of any of the ruins we visited. This is looking down a main street at the Library.
This section was put up not as it was originally designed but as a collection of ruins in a cubist style for some reason.
The mosaic floor of one of the terrace houses where some of the wealthy lived.
This lonely column is all that remains of the Temple of Artemis which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (and the second we've seen on this trip).
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