Some Ruined Cities of Asia Minor 



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WASHING FOR GOLD: ASIA MINOR 



was the only one, with the exception, per- 

 haps, of Myus, which did not have a 

 protected harbor near the open sea. Al- 

 though today the Mediterranean has re- 

 ceded some considerable distance from 

 Ephesus, yet in ancient times a canal led 

 from an inner artificial harbor to the 

 River Cayster, and from thence to the 

 sea. 



The old landmarks in and around this 

 famous city stand today just as they 

 stood when the Temple of Diana, one of 

 the Seven Wonders of the World, shone 

 forth in all its splendor, and the general 

 outlines of the hills and plains are prob- 

 ably pretty much the same as they always 

 have been since creation's dawn. When 



viewed from the railway station of Aya- 

 salouk, the twin mountains of Prion and 

 Lepre, with the dark ridge of Coressus 

 in the background, present exactly the 

 same picture, with perhaps the exception 

 of some forestry, more or less, as the one 

 beheld by the various peoples who have 

 dwelt here or passed this way in every 

 epoch of the world's history. 



To the archaeologist, historian, traveler, 

 and last, but not least, the theologian, 

 Ephesus offers splendid opportunities for 

 study. Attic and Asiatic culture, Pagan, 

 Christian, and Mohammedan religions, 

 Ionic and Doric architecture have thrived 

 here practically side by side. 



During the past two hundred years the 



