The ancient Christian Church reveals a 1600 -year -old mysterious warning to non -believers

Archaeologists in Türkiye recently dug the ruins of a city of thousands of years old, and revealed a Christian church in the fifth century with a message It has not been seen more than 1000 years ago.

It was excavated in Olympus, which is the old city of Lesyan in Antalya County in Türkiye, according to Anadolu (AA), a state -by -managed news outlet in Ankara.

The city has been continuously dug since 2006, but during the last season, Archaeologists have discovered multi -mosaic floorsAlong with a large storage tractor called pithoi.

“It is still surprising us with mosaics.”

The professor noticed that “in 2017, 2022 and 2023, we discovered mosaic floors rich in the sites we worked on. This year, we discovered and regained the mosaic of the Church No. 1.”

The most surprising discovery was an inscription at the entrance to the Church No. 1.

Oztaskin translated the message as: “Only those on the righteous path may enter here.”

Olympus has been abandoned in the twelfth century – this means that the inscription has not been unprecedented since then.

The mosaic also appeared about the forms of vegetables, which is a common artistic element in the times.

The names of the beneficiaries were also clear on the mosaic, indicating that a rich category flourishes once in Olympus.

The excavators also found a newly detected building that resembles the temple, although more work will be done to determine its age and functions.

Olympus was in use for centuries. He still holds some of the Hellenic residue, Romanian and Byzantine architecture.

Archaeologists have discovered multiple churches, bridge and entrance complex.

They also found the Palace of Bishop, the sarcophagus Antimoos and the Lesyan Marcus Aurelius Archibolis.

Discoveries come in the wake of many recent breakthroughs in Early Christian archeology.

Earlier this spring, the archaeologist revealed An old Christian settlement In Jordan from the forests Jordan.

Last year, historians revealed the oldest known evidence of Christianity in the north of the Alps, in the form of silver inscription.