Ancient Tunnels Beneath Famous Hagia Sophia Explored After 3,000 Tons of Debris Cleared - NEW YORK TIMES POST

Ancient Roman tunnels beneath Turkey’s famed Hagia Sophia explored after tons of debris cleared

Archaeologists have removed roughly 3,000 tons of debris from a centuries-old network of underground tunnels beneath Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia.

Ancient Tunnels Revealed Beneath Hagia Sophia, the Magnificent Christian Church Seized by Ottoman Invaders - Charisma Magazine Online

Roughly 3,000 tons of mud and debris concealed passages beneath one of Christianity’s most storied churches. Now archaeologists are pulling back that buried curtain. Excavations beneath Hagia Sophia in Istanbul have opened access to Roman tunnels roughly 1,600 years old, exposing an underground world that partly predates the church standing above it. Fox News described […]

Ancient tunnels beneath famous Hagia Sophia explored after 3,000 tons of debris cleared - NEW YORK TIMES POST

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists have removed roughly 3,000 tons of debris from a centuries-old network of underground tunnels beneath Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia — revealing previously inaccessible passages beneath one of the world’s most historic religious landmarks. The findings were announced by archaeologist Hasan Fırat Diker at a presentation this [...]

Ancient tunnels beneath famous Hagia Sophia explored after 3,000 tons of debris cleared

Archaeologists removed roughly 3,000 tons of debris from underground tunnels beneath Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, revealing previously inaccessible 1,600-year-old passages.