Cave of the Seven Sleepers (Ephesus)

burial ground · undated

A site at Ephesus that is one of several contenders in western Asia for the site of the tradition of the 'seven sleepers', individuals who sought refuge in a cave ca. 250 CE and then emerged from said cave 309 lunar years later, according to the Quran.

Coordinates

37.94367, 27.35370

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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