The
Seven Sleepers (Turkish:
Yedi Uyuyanlar or
Ashabı Kehf; in Arabic:اصحاب الکھف
As-hab al Kahf means companions of the cave) of
Ephesus was a group of
Christian youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of
Ephesus around
250 AD, to escape a persecution of Christians being conducted during the reign of the
Roman emperor Decius. Having fallen asleep inside the cave, they purportedly awoke approximately
180 years later during the reign of
Theodosius II. The
cave is located in the
Selçuk district of
İzmir Province.
Coordinates:
37° 56' 36.92" N 27° 21' 13.91" E
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