The Great Palace of Byzantium.(Istanbul excavation unearths palatial remains)(Brief Article)

From: History Today | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Young, Penny | Copyright information

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.

The dig in the Sultan Ahmet area of Istanbul has so far unearthed labyrinthine passageways and chambers with exquisite vaulted ceilings patterned with swirling red files which have been lying underground choked with earth and debris for centuries. One of...

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