Ephesus

ancient Greek city in Anatolia
Organization settlement_site Q47611
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Ephesus

Summary

Ephesus is a settlement site[1]. Ephesus ranks in the top 8% of settlement_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60,853 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ephesus was a member of Delian League[3].
  • Ephesus is located in Selçuk[4].
  • Ephesus is in the country of Turkey[5].
  • Ephesus is in the country of Turkey[6].
  • Ephesus's instance of is recorded as settlement site[7].
  • Ephesus's instance of is recorded as Ancient Greek archaeological site[8].
  • Ephesus's instance of is recorded as polis[9].
  • Ephesus's founder is recorded as Androclus[10].
  • Ephesus is part of Ephesus[11].
  • Ephesus's Commons category is recorded as Ephesus[12].
  • 1000 BC marks the founding of Ephesus[13].
  • Ephesus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.94058, 'lon': 27.33939}[14].
  • Ephesus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.939722, 'lon': 27.340833}[15].
  • Ephesus's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Aegean Region[16].
  • Ephesus's official website is recorded as http://www.muze.gov.tr/en/museums/ephesus-archaeological-site[17].
  • Ephesus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ephesus[18].
  • Ephesus's Commons gallery is recorded as Ephesos[19].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[26].
  • Ephesus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Founding

Ephesus's founder is recorded as Androclus[10]. 1000 BC marks the founding of Ephesus[13].

Identity

Ephesus is part of Ephesus[11].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Ephesus include First Council of Ephesus[28], an ecumenical council[29]; Second Council of Ephesus[30], a synod[31]; Ephesian school[32], a philosophical schools and traditions[33]; ephesite[34], a mineral species[35]; and The Ephesian Matron[36], a literary work[37], written by Petronius[38].

Why It Matters

Ephesus ranks in the top 8% of settlement_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60,853 views/month).[2] Ephesus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Ephesus is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Ephesus include First Council of Ephesus[28], an ecumenical council[29]; Second Council of Ephesus[30], a synod[31]; Ephesian school[32], a philosophical schools and traditions[33]; ephesite[34], a mineral species[35]; and The Ephesian Matron[36], a literary work[37], written by Petronius[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Triedros · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.94058, 'lon': 27.33939}, {'lat': 37.939722, 'lon': 27.340833}
    World heritage criteria → (iii), (iv), (vi)
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P625]]: 37°56'26"N, 27°20'22"E"
  2. 3d ago · Triedros · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World heritage site id → 1018rev-002
    Sitelink count → 96
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P757]]: 1018rev-002"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → AC/DC
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q27593, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Estevoaei · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 117544
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 117544, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192227920|Éfeso (#192227920)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6934|Enciclopedia Galega Univer"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1S1e0W
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ephesus-extinct-city
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: ephesus-extinct-city, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289926719|ephesus extinct city (#289926719)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  7. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → settlement site, Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  8. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 90024
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 90024, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  9. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0262461-Efez-zanikle-mesto
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0262461-Efez-zanikle-mesto, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  10. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/efeso
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: e/efeso, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
  11. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 234757, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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