The Temple of Artemis at Aphesus was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis, and also housed one of the pieces of the Golden Capstone.
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Around 550 BC, a great temple dedicated to the Greek Goddess Artemis was completed.
After Alexander the Great oversaw the disassembly of the Golden Capstone, he arranged for each of the Capstone's component Pieces to be hidden by priests of the Cult of Amun Ra within the constructs that would become known as the seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The already-existent Temple of Artemis was chosen as one of the hiding places, and soon the Capstone's fifth uppermost Piece was hidden within.
After a short cycle where the temple was destroyed and rebuilt, the Temple of Artemis was eventually left destroyed, with few fragments remaining of the sacred site.
Meanwhile, the Temple's Capstone Piece was ultimately moved to a new location by the Cult of Amun Ra, a cult that would soon end up becoming known as the Catholic Church. As a result, the Artemis Piece was eventually hidden in their highest temple, St. Peter's Basilica. When the Callimachus text was written, it simply noted that the Capstone Piece was revered in the Cult of Amun Ra's most sacred place.
When the Coalition of Minnows team had Lily translate the Callimachus text, it initially appeared to most of them that the clue offered nothing regarding the location of the Artemis Piece. However, Wizard was aware of what had become of the Cult of Amun Ra, and so deduced what had happened to the Capstone Piece.
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