Archaeologists unearth city’s earliest Christian church beneath former fish market
Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed the remains of a city’s earliest known Christian church — all near the site of a former fish market. The discovery was announced in a June press release by the Archaeological Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Venice and the Provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso.
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Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed the remains of a city’s earliest known Christian church — all near the site of a former fish market. The discovery was announced in a June press release by the Archaeological Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Venice and the Provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso. Pictures shared with Fox News Digital show the remains of the ancient church, including intricate polychrome mosaic floors and human burials alongside its foundation walls. The remains are located in Oderzo, some 40 miles northeast of Venice, in the area of a former pescheria, or fish market.
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- Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed the remains of a city’s earliest known Christian church — all near the site of a former fish market. The discovery was announced in a June press release by the Archaeological Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Venice and the Provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso.
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