Medieval History
The exhibition, Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium, presents a series of extraordinary ultra-large-scale photographs, many over six-feet tall, by the renowned Turkish photographer Ahmet Ertug. The exhibit is at the Kelsey Museum of Archeology at the University of Michigan through Jan. 23.
Focusing on paintings, mosaics, and architecture of the Byzantine world (6th?14th centuries AD), the photos provide a journey through such venerated sites as Istanbul?s Hagia Sophia and Church of Christ in Chora, as well as churches in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey, an area known for hidden Christian retreats hewn out of the region?s unusual volcanic rock formations.
Click here to read this article from Spero News
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Medieval History
U-Michigan exhibits images of Byzantine mystery
The exhibition, Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium, presents a series of extraordinary ultra-large-scale photographs, many over six-feet tall, by the renowned Turkish photographer Ahmet Ertug. The exhibit is at the Kelsey Museum of Archeology at the University of Michigan through Jan. 23.
Focusing on paintings, mosaics, and architecture of the Byzantine world (6th?14th centuries AD), the photos provide a journey through such venerated sites as Istanbul?s Hagia Sophia and Church of Christ in Chora, as well as churches in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey, an area known for hidden Christian retreats hewn out of the region?s unusual volcanic rock formations.
Click here to read this article from Spero News
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Turkey is going to build the perfect replica of a Byzantine ship for scientific purposes. The copy of the medieval ship, nearly 10 metres long and more than 2.5 metres wide, will be put to sea next year under the name ''Yenikapi 12''....
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