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“People come to touch the walls”: Fears for Constantinople’s crumbling Byzantine past

Turkish city’s pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes

1500-year-old hidden ‘font within a font’ found at Jesus’ birthplace

The discovery is expected to help experts better understand the history and development of the site