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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8076643, member: 128351&quot;]Under Antoninus Pius, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. It is the second temple, the archaic first temple had been set ablaze by Herostratus in 356 BC. The second temple, of Hellenistic ionic style, was considered one of the 7 wonders of the world. Nothing remains of it but a few white marble blocks. Not far from Ephesus, the temple of Apollo at Didyma is much better preserved, and may have looked like the temple of Ephesus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401873[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The great altar of the Temple of Elagabal in Emesa (Homs, Syria), with its two levels of niches with statues, on a coin of Julia Domna. This monumental altar probably stood in the courtyard in front of the temple entrance. Nothing is left of this once famous sanctuary, we do not even know where it was. Monumental altars of the same kind can still be seen in the courtyard of the Jupiter Temple in Baalbek, also in the Zeus Temple of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401879[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The temple of Zeus in Rhesaena (Ras al-&#039;Ayn, Syria), on a coin of Trajanus Decius. The view of the temple from three-quarters is typically Syrian. The eagle inside the temple symbolizes Baal (&quot;the Lord&quot; in Aramaic) = Zeus in Greek.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401880[/ATTACH]</p><p>It seems that absolutely nothing is left today of the ancient Rhesaena except for its name, Aramaic <i>Resh Ayna</i> (litterally &quot;the source&#039;s head&quot;), Arabic <i>Ras al-&#039;Ayn</i>: it is located at the source of the river Khabur. The present population is largely Kurd and they call it <i>Serê Kaniyê</i> in Kurdish, which has the same signification. It is exactly against the border with Turkey and has long been a military zone, not very archaeologists-friendly. It has recently been invaded and now occupied by the Turkish army.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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