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    The Temple of Artemis

    Most of the original Seven Wonders of the World are best known for their incredible construction techniques by inspired architects whose names have justly gone down in the annals of ancient history for their achievements. The Temple of Artemis (also known less precisely as Temple of Diana) has the unfortunate legacy of being most famous for its pointless destruction, at the hands of history’s original attention seeker. Built – in its most famous phase – around 550 BC at Ephesus (near modern day Selçuk, in Turkey) the shrine to the Ephesian goddess of fertility Artemis was a masterpiece of its…