Archaeologists excavating beneath the ruins of an early Christian church have unearthed underground rooms and a tunnel from 1,500 years ago in the oldest part of Istanbul — once Constantinople ...

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The late Roman aqueduct provided water for the population of Constantinople. ... was blown up with dynamite in 2020 by treasure hunters who erroneously believed they could find gold in the ruins. ### ...

Under a grassy field in southeastern Europe sat some mysterious ancient ruins. Archaeologists had known about the site for decades but didn’t know much about its age or purpose — until now.

The ruins are from the sixth-century church of St. Polyeuctus, which was one of the largest in Constantinople — as Istanbul was called before its conquest by Ottoman Turks in 1453.

The late Roman aqueduct provided water for the population of Constantinople. ... was blown up with dynamite in 2020 by treasure hunters who erroneously believed they could find gold in the ruins.

1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex discovered under Syrian war ruins ... was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople – today's Istanbul ...

Hidden for a millennium, it took a 21st-century drought to reveal the ruins of a long-lost port city. Five years after archaeologists discovered its four-kilometer-long seawall on a polluted lake ...