Ephesus is glorious in many ways. It dates back to 6000 bc, but the ruins are dated over the past 2000 years. The prize of the site is the Celsus Library, which held important historical texts for the region. There were two exterior walls for the building with a one meter thick open air divider between the two. This was to ensure constant temperature for the texts. The museum has statues of Constantine with a cross etched into his forward at a later date. He was the byzantine ruler that brought Christianity to the region. The crosses were etched into the statues when they were broken and thrown into the deep halls of the churches (turned mosques) by the conquerors from the Ottoman Empire who brought Islam into the region.
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