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John Turtle Wood [ca 1820-1890]

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Definition: British architect and engineer John Turtle Wood was sent by the British Museum to Ephesus, to search for the temple and eventually excavate it. In all, Wood spent eleven years at Ephesus (1863-1874), eventually finding and excavating the temple some seven meters below the ground surface.

Wood, John Turtle. 1877. Discoveries at Ephesus: including the site and remains of the great temple of Diana. London: Longmans, Green, 1877.
---. 1890. Modern discoveries on the site of ancient Ephesus by J.T. Wood. London : Religious Tract Society, 1890.

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