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The Temple of Artemis was rebuilt three times

The great marble temple at Ephesus was flooded, burned down by an arsonist in 356 BC and rebuilt grander each time. Today a single reassembled column marks the site.

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A man burned a wonder just to be remembered

In 356 BC Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis seeking fame. Ephesus banned anyone from speaking his name, yet historians recorded it anyway and the ban failed.