Into Turkey– Part Sixteen

From this end you can see the apse that was built into the house. Perhaps the council of Laodicea met here….  but then when we turn to the later Byzantine church buildings we are in a whole different ballgame… Some of these are very large and very public…

Considerable money was invested in these buildings… They have mosaic floors, indoor plumbing, etc.

But now on the northside of town they’ve found another large church… and this worker in the foreground is trying to piece together some of the mosaic floor….

And here’s what she had to deal with…