The sanctuary of Artemis continued in use
until the 3rd century BC when it was abandoned.
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After the sanctuary was abandoned no significant activity occurred at the site until the erection of the small
church of Saint George in the 14 century AD.
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In the region approximately one mile to the
southwest of the sanctuary on the way to Markopoulo there are ruins of an Early
Christian Basilica from the 5th century AD.
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It would be interesting to know how these various groups of people/cultures who had control in Greece influenced the current day Greece, or better said, what still remains and has been integrated into the current Greek culture from all those influences. I know in my culture, we still practice many of the influences of those that invaded and occupied our lands. We adopted the Greek alphabet (I can actually sound out the Greek words, but I don't always know their meaning), as did most of the Slavs, we share the same types of churches gilded in gold with the priest wearing the fancy robes and headgear, we share similar, if not the same, artistic icons and many of the holidays and so on.....Oh, by the way, was Sultan Mehmet II related to Dr. Mehmet Oz???? Ha, ha, ha!!! Now that is a Turkish man who made it big in the USA!!! He's all over the place.
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