Seven Sleepers
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The Seven Sleepers, also known in Christianity as the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf, is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur'anic Islamic story. It speaks about a grou
Illustration from the Menologion of Basil II
Decius orders the walling in of the Seven sleepers From a 14th-century manuscript.
The Seven Sleepers in the Golden Legend (1497)
A 19th century German votive painting of the Seven Sleepers. The writing says Bittet für uns Ihr hl. sieben Schläfer (Pray for us, Holy Seven Sleepers).
Ephesus
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Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capit
Seven Sleepers
…known as the Cave of Seven Sleepers, which has eight smaller sealed tombs inside and a ventilation duct coming out of the cave. Eshab-ı Kehf Cave , Ephesus, Turkey Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, Tarsus, Turkey…
The Library of Celsus in Ephesus
Site of the Temple of Artemis in the town of Selçuk, near Ephesus.
Street scene at the archeological excavations at Ephesus.
Electrum coin from Ephesus, 620–600 BC. Obverse: Forepart of stag. Reverse: Square incuse punch.