Academics work on mystery of ‘lost church’ at the bottom of Lake İznik

BURSA – Anadolu Agency

Archaeologists, historians and art historians are working on a church discovered off the shore of Bursa’s Lake İznik. They have found out that the structure was built under the name of St. Neophytos, a beloved Christian in the middle ages

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Experts say they have obtained significant information about the church. They estimate that it collapsed during an earthquake that occurred in 740. DHA Photo

The mystery of an ancient basilica (big church), the remains of which have been discovered about 20 meters from the shore in Bursa’s Lake İznik, have begun to be unveiled. The foundations of the 600-year-old church are currently lying in water that is about 1.5 to two meters deep.

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