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The beautiful column bottoms and tops are works of art, as you can see.\u00a0 This temple of Artemis deserves a good deal of time and exploration.\u00a0 It stands in a plain below the acropolis of the city, which is frankly too high up for a comfortable climb in the heat, and anyway, not sufficient excavation has been undertaken there.<\/p>\n

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The acropolis is above and to the left side of this picture.\u00a0 \u00a0Two final notes. You will see on a couple of the column bottoms the protruding little stone squares used to maneuver and slide the column into place.\u00a0 Usually they would be knocked off the column.\u00a0 Does this mean this temple was never finished, before some earthquake interceded? Notice as well the holes in the middle of the columns for sliding one piece on top of another\u00a0 like donuts on a child\u2019s toy.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"