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Okay, Okay, can we cut down on all the articles about how great Obama is? We get it already, he’s the greatest thing that ever happened.
“Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
The original temple was destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC.
It was later rebuilt and this next temple was described by Sidon before Christ was born as one of the Seven Wonders.
That temple was was destroyed again by pagan Goths in 262 AD.
By the early 400s the ruin was scavenged by builders making off with the marble, leaving little behind.
Goddess of fertility AND virginity. That’s a pretty neat trick there... To my knowledge, this has only been done once.
a). This is WICKED cool. Take *THAT* you stupid Goths.
b). Has anyone thought about earthquakes?
c). I’m a little disappointed they are not using modern building materials to reduce costs and increase safety. Concrete has come a looooooooong way and is practically a miracle material now. I fear they are asking for trouble by using marble.
d). The Lighthouse of Alexandria or The Colossus of Rhodes would also be fantastic to see reconstructed.
jas3
Now that they have practically rid the country of christianity, they can rebuild their pagan temple.
Mycenaean and Hittite Diplomatic Correspondence: Fact and Fiction [ PDF file ]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | circa 2004 | H. Craig Melchert
Posted on 05/03/2007 10:59:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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