The Temple of Artemis (or Artemesium) was built 2550 years ago in the city of Ephesus by king Croesus. Built of white marble and dedicated to the Greek godess of the hunt relatively little is known about this wonder. What is known for certain though is that what made it famous was its massive size. The Artemesium measured 110 meters long and 55 meters wide covering almost three times the area of the famous parthenon and having a columned perimeter roughly two and a half times greater that the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. It stood for 800 years before it was destroyed by the Goths in 262AD. Several years back I was fortunate enough to visit the sight, unfortunatly only the foundation and a few column fragments remain.
