Hagia Sophia's Angel Uncovered

Hagia Sophia's Angel Uncovered

Experts have uncovered one of the six angel mosaics within the world-famous Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul after it had been hidden for 160 years behind plaster and a metal mask.

The mosaic, which measures 1.5 meters by 1 meter, was last seen by Swiss architect Gaspare Fossati, who headed restoration efforts at the museum between 1847 and 1849, and Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid. Exp More..erts were surprised to see that the mosaic, believed to date from the 14th century, was so well preserved.

Hagia Sophia, built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian between A.D. 532 and 537, was originally a basilica before it was converted into a mosque when Ottoman Turks conquered the city in 1453. During the conversion process, the Ottomans covered the mosaics with plaster instead of removing them.

The building served as a mosque until 1934, when it was turned into a museum.

The uncovered mosaic is located in the pendentive, an arched triangular section supporting the buildings huge dome. After 10 days of work on the area, experts removed several layers of plaster and the metal mask to uncover the angel.

The mosaics true age will be assessed after an analysis by the Hagia Sofia Science Board compares it to similar mosaics. The six-winged figure is though to depict the seraphim, an angel described in the biblical book of Isaiah

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[TurkshFtr]

@LiamUe good luck to u than if u want not to see reality

[LiamUe]

@TurkshFtr

wow. no thanks.

I now understand the hinderance of your area of the world.

Someone isn't teaching you properly what world history and politics looks like.

Turkey and Israel [used] to have an awesome relationship anyway/

[TurkshFtr]

@LiamUe there is nno devoloped world but slave humanity working for jewish masters wake up

[LiamUe]

@TurkshFtr

...if you are actually taught in Turkey that Jews create nation wide propaganda against you, I promise you that Turkey will have no future in the developed world.

[TurkshFtr]

@LiamUe as i sad i m not talking from google im teling u the hestory and real one not propaganda created by jews

[LiamUe]

@TurkshFtr

I can't trust what I read on google = you shouldn't either.

The Balkan War was racially motivated in different parts yup - but i'm talking about ethnic Greeks and Armenians in Anatolia, not muslims from the assorted peoples of the Balkans; those people were likely targeted because they shared the same faith as the Ottomans, thus infuriating them (the Christian Balkans)

[TurkshFtr]

@LiamUe its not only greeks all cristians in balkans in balkan war they killed 5 milion of muslum that is hestory surch it and armenians kiled 1 milion muslum in anatoli by thelp pf france and england and russia

[LiamUe]

@TurkshFtr

...I'd like to have you source one event in history where the Greeks and Armenians of Anatolia had a fight with the Turks OR Ottaomans that wasn't a defensive battle on your part.

Reality = both peoples occupied what is now Turkey a very long time before the Seljuks invaded Byzantium.

[TurkshFtr]

@LiamUe greeks and armenians kiled us milions milion of muslums kiled by armenian and greeks by the help of emperialist from the west france england russia and off course jews jews wanna devide this country so badly so they lied to the minoritys thats our land we can do whatever what we wantchurch or mosque

[LiamUe]

@TurkshFtr

...Armenians and Greeks.

You killed them. You pushed them from Anatolia.

That's not equality.

That's racist bigotry.

And there is nothing honourable about taking a conquered church and turning it into your own house of worship.