The Greek word for fish is "ichthys." As early as the first century, Christians made an acrostic from this word: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.

The earliest uses of the Ichthys (Greek for "fish") symbol date back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, where it appeared in graffiti, inscriptions, and funerary epitaphs. Rather than a secret code ...

Another thing that made Ephesus popular was the temple of the Greek goddess Artemis, who in the Latin language was called Diana. This temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The ...