One of the seven ancient World Wonders, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, was subjected to destruction at least seven times and after destruction it was rebuilt every time. As per archaeological data, the temple was rebuilt at least four times, with the first time being in the 7th century BC.
The first time the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was built, it was really awesome. It contained some scared stone; many believe it to be meteorite, which fell from Jupiter. This was first in 800 BC. The City of Ephesus became a major trade port and Chersiphron, an architect, was in charge of building a larger new temple. It did exactly the same and designed the temple with high stone columns. However, even this temple did not last long, as Ephesus was conquered by King of Lydia in 550 BC, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus got destroyed during the fight. Following his win, the king contributed generously towards a new temple.
The next temple was built by a man called Theodorus. This Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was 300 feet at length and 150 feet wide and occupied an area which was four times what the previous temple occupied.
Now a young Ephesian, Herostratus, was so eager to have his name in history that he burned the temple completely. Now again a new Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was built by a Greek sculptor and architect Scopas of Paros. The same place was used to build the temple and it was constructed only with marble. It had four statues of Amazon women made of bronze and one of the features was the 36 columns carved in high relief figures at the bottom. The new temple was 425 feet at length and 225 feet wide.