The site was occupied by people prior to the Bronze Age, there is no agreed upon date in which worship at the Temple of Artemis began.
Artemision [Αρτεμίσιον] was the temple of the Olympian goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild life Artemis who was sister of Apollo. The temple was build at 550 BCE in Ephesus. It was included in travel guides of the ancient times in the Hellenistic period as one of the seven wonders someone had to see in his life time as we do today for places of interest. Antipater of Sidon was the first to leave written evidence of these travel guides.
Landscape changes over time, what is a marsh now was once a river that traveled to the ocean. The Temple of Artemis also served as a trade center.
Artemis and other gods and goddesses of Greek myth were worshiped in Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece, pre- Middle Ages.
The Temple of Artemis is in ruins in present day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was lost in the time of Suetonius, the Roman Emperor Caligula having given orders for it's destruction.
The 7th wonder that survived the shortest was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus which lasted from 409-356. (53 years) It was destroyed by Goths. The Lighthouse of Alexandra lasted from 1303-1480 A.D. (177 years) It Was destroyed by an earthquake.
in their time
No one can truly say as much was likely stolen from the ruins from the time it was abandoned and found. What we have found is stone engravings and images.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was build at 550 BCE but does not exist today. It has been destroyed twice. The first time at 356 BCE by Herostratus and was rebuild by Alexander the Great. The second time it was destroyed by the Goths at 409 AD/ CE.
According to the Callimachus Hymn to Artemis, the goddess Artemis rarely goes to cities. She prefers to stay in the wild and spend her time hunting. The only reason she would visit cities was to help women in childbirth. So it is unlikely that Artemis would have a favorite city. However, she is the patron of Sparta, and Ephesus and a huge temple in her honor.
The temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, was rebuilt three times in ancient history. The final and most famous version was rebuilt around 550 BCE and it stood until 401 CE when it was destroyed by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom.
There isn't one. Diana is a Roman goddess. Her Greek equivalent is Artemis.