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Hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church in Istanbul

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Archaeologists excavating beneath the ruins of an early Christian church have unearthed underground rooms and a tunnel from 1,500 years ago. The purpose of the hidden structures isn't completely understood, but they are probably part of the vast Church of St. Polyeuctus above them. The underground chambers were first discovered in the 1960s during an excavation of the site, and then closed off again to preserve them.

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Hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church in Istanbul

Archaeologists have excavated subterranean rooms and a tunnel under an early church in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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