Some of the earliest known electrum coins ever discovered were found at the foundation of this building, indicating that it was used for a storage facility and as a cult center. Herostratus burned down this structure in an attempt to achieve notoriety. The Ephesians turned down Alexander the Great’s offer to rebuild this building and myth said that this building’s namesake was too preoccupied with Alexander’s birth to save this building. Previously it was destroyed and rebuilt in the 7th century B.C. when it was destroyed by flood and finally, it was rebuilt and destroyed when the Goths raided Ephesus and some of its columns were used in the making of the Hagia Sophia. For 10 points, name this place of worship, less precisely knows as the Temple of Diana, one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Some of the earliest known electrum coins ever discovered were found at the foundation of this building, indicating that it was used for a storage facility and as a cult center. Herostratus burned down this structure in an attempt to achieve notoriety. The Ephesians turned down Alexander the Great’s offer to rebuild this building and myth said that this building’s namesake was too preoccupied with Alexander’s birth to save this building. Previously it was destroyed and rebuilt in the 7th century B.C. when it was destroyed by flood and finally, it was rebuilt and destroyed when the Goths raided Ephesus and some of its columns were used in the making of the Hagia Sophia. For 10 points, name this place of worship, less precisely knows as the Temple of Diana, one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Some of the earliest known electrum coins ever discovered were found at the foundation of this building, indicating that it was used for a storage facility and as a cult center.