Researchers convey unearthed what they believe to last a 1,500-year-old church building along alongside a mosaic flooring inwards the ancient urban pith of Stratonikeia inwards southwestern Turkey's Muğla province.
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The church, which has been dubbed every bit Erikli Church, is special both inwards price of archeology as well as architecture, Söğüt explained. "Erikli Church is 1 of the places to which people gave most donations during the Early Byzantine period," he said, adding that the squad institute many relics such every bit crosses, lanterns as well as fifty-fifty containers from North Africa.
He said some parts of the church, particularly the columns, were of high character both inwards price of construction as well as workmanship. "We volition hopefully glimpse how this house looked originally afterwards nosotros are done restoring it," he said.
The church building was start used approximately the 4th century AD as well as was completely abandoned inwards the early on 7th century, according to Söğüt.
He stated that every yr the digging squad uncovers novel information virtually the ancient city.
"Stratonikeia is a living ancient city. It is a unique settlement. There is no other ancient urban pith where you lot tin laissez passer on notice come across structures belonging to the ancient times as well as the modern times that are all protected until the introduce day," he said.
Source: Daily Sabah [July 11, 2018]
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