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__**The Temple of Artemis **__ [] []


 * Other Names: Temple of Artemision; Temple of Diana **


 * **A Greek temple built to honor the goddess Artemis. **
 * **It was built in Ephesus, today Ephesus is in Selçuk, Turkey. **
 * **It was rebuilt 3 times until 401 A.D . **
 * **Today there are only remains. **
 * **The first time it was built was during the Bronze Age, but then it was destroyed in a flood. **
 * **The temple began reconstruction in 550 B.C. Chersiphon, a Cretan architect, overlooked the construction of the second temple. This project took 10 years. It was 4 times larger than the previous temple. **
 * **In 356 B.C., Herostratus lit the second temple on fire ( to get famous but whoever spoke his name was sentenced to death ). It was the same day Alexander the Great was born. **
 * **The third time it was built, it became a wonder. **
 * **It was 60 feet high and had at least 127 columns. **
 * **Alexander the Great visited Ephesus and offered to donate money to rebuild it as long as they carved his name somewhere in the temple. **
 * **The townspeople did not want his name on the temple and Alexander's name was never carved anywhere in the temple. **

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