The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is pulled down
The final temple was torn down by a Christian crowd, the last of the several destructions of the Artemision and the end of the building as a standing structure. Its stone was reused locally.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision) · temple (destroyed) · Türkiye
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Sculpture from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos
That the surviving physical remains of two ancient wonders are held as museum collections in London rather than at their sites.
The British Museum, London · excavated 1856–1859 (Mausoleum) and from 1869 (Ephesos) · Partly verified
The British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome, Mausoleum of Halikarnassos collection (excavations of Charles Thomas Newton, 1856–59, material to London 1857) and the sculptured column drums from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos (excavations begun by John Turtle Wood, 1869); Rooms 21 and 22, Great Russell Street, London
Recorded on Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision)
- Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders
- Herostratus burns the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is pulled down
- Mausoleum sculpture is removed to the British Museum
Related
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