Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-Examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople Dark Ken
Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-Examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople Dark Ken The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination…
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Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-Examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople Dark Ken
The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction. Often seen as encapsulating Byzantine history and culture, the building has been the subject of much scholarly interest since the Renaissance. It was the premier monument of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and remains one of the most recognizable symbols of modern Istanbul.
The research project presented here (co-directed by the authors) is the first to focus on the archaeology of the immediate environs of the church in order to understand the complex as a whole. However, while almost all previous archaeological work has focussed on the church itself, the surrounding complex of ecclesiastical buildings has been largely neglected. Previously unrecorded material includes parts of the Patriarchal complex, from which the Orthodox Church was governed for almost a