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How a forgotten Christian practice is rewriting the history of the early church
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 0.1 millimeters thick, and researchers believe it probably carries a passage from the Bible. The inscription begins by invoking St.…
