Coverage dated September 20, 2026

How a forgotten Christian practice is rewriting the history of the early church

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For 1,500 years, a tiny sheet of gold lay folded inside a copper case in what is now central Turkey. Archaeologists found it this summer at Türkmen Karahöyük , an ancient settlement in Konya province. The gold is just 0.

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    For 1,500 years, a tiny sheet of gold lay folded inside a copper case in what is now central Turkey. Archaeologists found it this summer at Türkmen Karahöyük , an ancient settlement in Konya province. The gold is just 0.

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