IZMIR, TURKEY - AUGUST 12: A view of the Celsus Library at Ancient Ephesus City in Izmir, Turkey on AUGUST 12, 2021. Ephesus City was used as a settlement for approximately 8500 years in Hellenistic and Roman age as well as in the Ottoman period. Celsus Library was built in honour of the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, completed between circa 114????"117 A.D. by Celsus' son, Gaius Julius Aquila. The library was "one of the most impressive buildings in the Roman Empire" and built to store 12,000 scrolls and to serve as a mausoleum for Celsus, who is buried in a crypt beneath the library in a decorated marble sarcophagus. Ephesus City was used as a settlement for approximately 8500 years in Hellenistic and Roman age as well as in the Ottoman period. Ancient Ephesus City is in World Heritage List of UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), attracting millions of foreign and domestic tourists from all over the world. Ephesus, was considered as a center for civilization of its era due to its progression on culture, art and trade, is the only city in the world made completely of marble. Mahmut Serdar Alakus / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM