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View of bay and city of Izmir.

Plans and drawings of the ancient theater of Teos.

Plan of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey.

Ottoman ships in the harbor of Izmir.

View of Foca in Asia Minor.

View of the remains of the ancient theater of Erythrae, ancient city in Asia Minor. In the background the island of Chios.

The remains of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma, ancient city of Asia Minor.

View of Izmir.

View of the roman baths of Varius in Ephesus, Asia Minor.

View of the ruins of Ephesus, seen from the ancient theater.

Byzantine aqueduct in Selçuk, close to Ephesus. In the background the Castle of Selçuk, on the Ayasuluk hill.

View of Ephesus from the putative Prison of Saint Paul, in fact tower of the Hellenistic walls of the city, close to the ancient port.

View of the Isabey Mosque in Selçuk, Asia Minor.

Ruins of the Hellenistic/Roman theater of Izmir, at Kadifekale (anc. Pagos).

View of the Temple of Ianus, erroneously called Temple of Homer, at Kadifekale (anc. Pagos), in Izmir.

Muezzin. Women from Izmir and Thessaloniki. From: Giuseppe Antonelli (ed.), Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo, c. 1838-1842.

Yörüks and Zeibeks from Ödemiş, Asia Minor, near ancient Hypaepa.

View of the bazaar of Izmir.

Mosque on the outskirts of Ephesus.

View of the ruins in ancient Ephesus.

Map of Asia Minor, showing the author's itinerary.

Ancient ruins at Ephesus.

Ruins of an aqueduct at Ephesus, most probably the Byzantine aqueduct at Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.

The Roman Stadium of Ephesus.

View of the wall of the Ancient Theatre of Ephesus.

Ruins at the temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

A Roman building at Ephesus, probably a bathhouse.

Roman baths at Ephesus, probably the Roman baths of Varius in Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.

Inscription from Smyrna.

Ancient coins from Thyateira (1), Izmir (2), Ephesus (3), Pergamon (4), Laodicea (5), Philadelphia (6), Sardes (7) and Magnesia (8).