Ephesus

While at Selcuk we visited the Ancient Roman ruins of Ephesus - once the capital of the Asian part of the Roman Empire it has amazing buildings still remaining.

The amphitheatre was huge and as well as plays would have housed the gladiator fights - the museum had a collection of the gruesome weapon used and detailed drawings of the injuries inflicted! Yuk









The two story library was very impressive - no shelves but lots of niches for the vellum scrolls.













Communal toilets - all very friendly, slaves provided fresh sponges for cleanliness and the urine ran down channels to be collected - it contained natural ammonia which was very useful for boiling togas in to keep them nice and white - hope the rinsing was thorough!


The view down the main street - complete with marble paving, statues and a little ancient graffiti complaining about certain gentlemen weeing up the walls instead of in the toilets.