At its peak, the population of Ephesus reached 200,000. Over time, however, the local river's mouth began to silt up, and after earthquakes, the coastline receded. Along with the loss of its port ...

Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus once said, "You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing for you." So it was with my quest to visit the ancient city of Ephesus, ...

Ephesus declined as its port filled with silt from the Cayster River, leaving only a small lake where the harbor once was. In the 1800s, John Turtle Wood, initially in the Ottoman Empire to design ...