Rumour has it that this is the foot print of the Madame of the local bawdy house. If you were new in town or small this was the entrance to the house. You put your foot inside the outline and if your foot was smaller than the outline you were told to go grow up and try again next year.
In the theatre, the size of ancient towns was partially determined by the theatre as the rule of thumb was the theatre held 10% of the town population. As most cities were completely destroyed or not fully uncovered the theatre gave a good idea as to whether the site was worth further excavation at that time.
Some of the stonework in a capital
The main street with a different view of the theatre
A reconstructed column
The
precision of the workmanship and the fact that it is still standing without retrofitting is amazing
The men's loo, attached to the public bath house. If you were wealthy a slave warmed the stone up for you. When the heck was it cold here, the ice ages?
The library, once again an amazing building. The bawdy house was across the street. So if new in town you asked for the library, which everyone knew (man, women or child), and then rather than proceeding to the house of mental enlightenment you were drawn to the house of physical pleasure instead.
Another view of the library and its square
One of the beautiful ladies greeting you as you enter the library
Some of the ruins. Zoom in if you can for the detail
Some of the mosaic tile work uncovered. Most of the city was fully covered over and these tile were just uncovered as we were only seeing about 20% of the estimated site.
A little bit of water brought out the detail of the tiles not easily seen right away.
A entrance way to some temple or other official building
saw this one before
A view from part way up the theatre seating area, about half way I think
Some of the ruins as they lay after being uncovered
Again zoom in for the detail
Ok, my joke wasn't that funny where you all had to stop for a second rendition
The goddess Nike, note the swoop
Part of the main street
Inside the staircase to reach the upper parts of the theatre
Ok, I think this was a tight squeeze
Some of the beauty and detail found in Ephesus
one last look
Rumour has it that this is the foot print of the Madame of the local bawdy house. If you were new in town or small this was the entrance to the house. You put your foot inside the outline and if your foot was smaller than the outline you were told to go grow up and try again next year. 
In the theatre, the size of ancient towns was partially determined by the theatre as the rule of thumb was the theatre held 10% of the town population. As most cities were completely destroyed or not fully uncovered the theatre gave a good idea as to whether the site was worth further excavation at that time.
Some of the stonework in a capital
The main street with a different view of the theatre
A reconstructed column
The precision of the workmanship and the fact that it is still standing without retrofitting is amazing 
The men's loo, attached to the public bath house. If you were wealthy a slave warmed the stone up for you. When the heck was it cold here, the ice ages?
The library, once again an amazing building. The bawdy house was across the street. So if new in town you asked for the library, which everyone knew (man, women or child), and then rather than proceeding to the house of mental enlightenment you were drawn to the house of physical pleasure instead.
Another view of the library and its square
One of the beautiful ladies greeting you as you enter the library
Some of the ruins. Zoom in if you can for the detail
Some of the mosaic tile work uncovered. Most of the city was fully covered over and these tile were just uncovered as we were only seeing about 20% of the estimated site.
A little bit of water brought out the detail of the tiles not easily seen right away.
A entrance way to some temple or other official building
saw this one before
A view from part way up the theatre seating area, about half way I think
Some of the ruins as they lay after being uncovered
Again zoom in for the detail
Ok, my joke wasn't that funny where you all had to stop for a second rendition
The goddess Nike, note the swoop
Part of the main street
Inside the staircase to reach the upper parts of the theatre
Ok, I think this was a tight squeeze
Some of the beauty and detail found in Ephesus
one last look
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