Posts tagged with ‘Temple of Artemis’

  • This Day in History July 21, 356 B.C. (UBC Day 20)

    By Ruth on July 21, 2013
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    My vacation interrupted my “day in history posts,” but they are back!  On this day (or approximately on this date–give or take a day) in 356 B.C., the great Temple of Artemis was destroyed by arson.  The original temple was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and its original site was at Ephesus (modern-day Turkey).  It was […]