(Reuters) -- Pope Benedict visits one of Christianity's most revered sites Wednesday, the ancient city of Ephesus near the Aegean Sea. The city is close to where the Virgin Mary is said to have died.

Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus once said, "You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing for you." So it was with my quest to visit the ancient city of ...

From the mesmerizing hot air balloon rides over Cappadocia’s fairy-tale landscapes to the ancient ruins of Ephesus, a city that once rivaled Rome, every corner of Turkey tells a story.

IZMIR, TURKEY - APRIL 05: A drone photo shows an aerial view of Ephesus Ancient City, in Selcuk district of Izmir, Turkey on April 05, 2021. The Ancient City of Ephesus takes its visitors on a ...

Sagalassos is one of the lesser-visited ancient cities. The most famous is Ephesus, three hours away, where our road trip began. We flew into Izmir from Istanbul and drove 45 minutes to the sleepy ...

If anything exists that could possibly upstage the pleasure of a pilgrimage to Ephesus, the most extensively and miraculously intact ruins of any ancient city in Europe, it's that most imperious ...

With this in mind, I boarded a flight recently to, among other things, check out Ephesus, once an ancient Greek city, later a major Roman one, on the west coast of Turkey. Among the other things ...