|
From 1866, until a ban on the export of antiquities from Turkey stopped the flow early this century, Austrian archeologists made off with a lot of first-class relics from the ancient city of Ephesus. It wasn't until 1978 that the loot was finally publicly displayed in the Ephesos Museum , occupying one half of the Neue Burg's monumental staircase. The most significant find of the lot is the forty-metre-long Parthian Frieze , sculpted in high relief around the second century AD, shortly after the Roman victory in the Parthian Wars. The relief formed the outer walls of a pantheon in honour of the commander of the Roman forces, Lucius Verus, who was joint emperor of the Roman Empire, along with his adoptive brother, Marcus Aurelius. The adoption of the two brothers by Antoninus Pius (himself adopted by the Emperor Hadrian) is depicted at the end of the corridor on the right.
Your Tip for Ephesos (Ephesus) Museum
Help other backpackers! Write your own guides and backpacking tips to Ephesos (Ephesus) Museum - they will appear instantly on this page - Please only write a tip/guide to Ephesos (Ephesus) Museum - visit the main Ephesos (Ephesus) Museum forum to ask a question!
Please do not post links to your site here (they won't work) - please use the Ephesos (Ephesus) Museum webguide section below! Thanks.
| 
