Temple of Artemis
Americannoun
noun
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Excavators uncovered the Temple of Artemis and the necropolis, but many artifacts were damaged, disappeared, or were taken to the United States through questionable means.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The city’s now-vanished Temple of Artemis was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2015
To the south, near Izmir, tour guides jockey for position at the ruins of Ephesus, where the main attraction is the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also vexed the people by building the Temple of Artemis of Good Counsel, as he called her, hinting that he had taken good counsel for the Greeks.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
"Ulrichs has discovered the site of the famous Temple of Artemis or Diana, where Agamemnon was on the point of sacrificing his daughter Iphigeneia, before the departure of the Greek fleet for Troy."
From Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
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