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and the antiques collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1911, a provisional exhibition in the Theseus Temple had to be discontinued because of damage to the exhibits. A selection of the items was once again exhibited in the Temple between 1934 and 1944. A number of Ephesean sculptures were
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coast, Ephesus was one of the largest cities of the ancient world and is now among the most popular tourist destinations in Turkey. The Austrian Archaeological Institute has been conducting research in the ruins of the city since 1895, interrupted only by the two world wars. The museum's collection
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of 161-165 AD. The individual pieces have been arranged in the form of a monumental altar, but this is only a guess at their correct arrangement, as they were not found in their original state. The friezes have a total length of about 70 metres, of which 40 metres are on display.
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of Ephesus. Other major exhibits include a model of ancient Ephesus on a scale of 1:500, and numerous sculptures including a bronze statue of an athlete. Also in the museum are architectural and sculptural
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Between 1896 and 1906 a total of seven expeditions transported findings from Ephesus to Vienna. In the early 20th century these findings were exhibited in various places, including
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This Roman statue from the first century AD, copied from a Greek original from the fourth century BC, has been recreated from 234 fragments; it shows a young athlete cleaning his
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Archaeological digs, with Austrian involvement, continue in Ephesus to this day. The scientific evaluation of the museum's stock is carried out in cooperation with the
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displayed in the Neue Burg's colonnade from 1947 until 1978, when the entire collection finally received a permanent home in the newly founded Ephesos Museum.
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was encircled with a spectacular surrounding wall. The sculpture of the upper part of a wounded
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Das Partherdenkmal von Ephesos. Akten des Kolloquiums, Wien, 27.-28. April 2003
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Hofburg, Vienna – the Neue Burg – Ephesos Museum and Austrian National Library
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Die Archäologie der ephesischen Artemis. Gestalt und Ritual eines Heiligtums
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relics from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, on the Greek island of
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The Parthian Monument is one of the most important Roman-age
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Since 1978 the Ephesos Museum has had its own rooms in the
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Archiv: Ephesos, Partherdenkmal - Aspekte der Bauforschung
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donated some of the archaeological findings to Emperor
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The museum possesses remnants from the late-Classical
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Kunsthistorisches Museum: Führer durch die Sammlungen
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Parthian Monument (section: The Emperor's Apotheosis)
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Ephesus Archaeological Museum


Vienna
Ephesus
Greek
German
Turkey
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Neue Burg
Volksgarten
Aegean
Abdul Hamid II
Franz Joseph I
British Museum
Ephesus Archaeological Museum
Selçuk

Belvedere Palace
Altar of Artemis
Amazon
frieze
Parthian Monument
cult
Samothrace
University of Vienna
Austrian Academy of Sciences

Temple of Artemis
Seven Wonders of the World

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