MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS.
A beautifully carved marble sarcophagus' believed by Turkish archaeologists to be that of the Emperor Constantine the Great, founder of Constantinople (now Istanbul), who died in 337, has been .discovered in a garden of the Janissary Museum, Constantinople. Workmen turned up the sarcophagus while digging an entrance to the ByzantiheVcistern beneath the museum and the St. Sophia Mosque, which soon will be* opened to the public. .. <
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 221, 18 September 1930, Page 26
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68MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 221, 18 September 1930, Page 26
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