Categoria: Scavi

Excavations at the Domskirke in Ribe, Denmark began in 2008 and analysis of the results lend new insight into early Christianity, where this may have been one of the first places in the country where a small enclave of Christians worshipped and died. Studies have now shown that there may have been Christian Vikings in Ribe around AD865. Denmark officially became a Christian country around the year AD965 when Harald Bluetooth announced his deed on the Jelling stone (see below). It now seems possible that 100 years before this countrywide…

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Durante lo scavo per un’importante stazione di scambio della metropolitana di Istanbul, in località Yenikapi, è stato trovato nell’ambito del Progetto Marmaray, un nuovo relitto con scafo e carico intatti riconducibile probabilmente al V secolo d.C. Gli archeologi, che lavorano nell’area dal 2004, hanno affermato che è uno dei primi relitti al mondo ad essere trovato con lo scafo ligneo ed il carico completamente intatti. L’archeologo Mehmet Ali Polat ha affermato che si tratta di una gunwale e misura circa cinque metri. Ci sono buone probabilità che nei dintorni vi sia un altro relitto che ancora…

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The remains of an ancient basilica have been discovered about 20 meters from shore in Bursa’s Lake İznik, according to local archaeologists. “We have found church remains. It is in a basilica plan and has three naves,” said Mustafa Şahin, an archaeology professor at Bursa Uludağ University. The foundations of the church are currently lying in water that is about 1.5 to two meters deep. “This church’s remains are similar to the Hagia Sophia in İznik. This is why we estimated that it was built in the fifth century A.D.,”…

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Arqueólogos descobriram nas “entranhas” de Mértola, no Alentejo, um segundo batistério do período paleocristão, o que confirma a existência de duas comunidades cristãs diferentes naquela época na vila, uma católica e outra possivelmente monofisita. Texto: Luís Lourenço Imagem e edição: Nuno Veiga

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