FOOTSTEPS OF PAUL; Mysteries hidden beneath dirt pile tantalize tourists.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 18, 1999| Author: Allen, Martha Sawyer | Copyright information

1/3 After looking at so many ancient sites that one pile of rocks began to look remarkably like another, members of the Crossroads of Early Christianity tour stopped at this ancient Turkish city.

It's the city of the Biblical Pauline letter to the Colossians.

And it's nothing but a pile of dirt, near the modern Turkish town of Honaz.

When the bus arrived at Colossae everyone scrambled out and started up the hill. It's a mound, covered with br...

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