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Why does Artemis of Ephesus look so different from the Greek huntress we know? Her statue’s unusual imagery has puzzled scholars for centuries. In this video, we explore the history, symbolism, and ...

Women without children, like me, may be disturbed by the assertion in 1 Timothy 2:15 that women will be “saved through childbearing.” Where does that leave us? Sandra Glahn understands this concern ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...