The medieval 'New England': a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the Black Sea--new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html …pic.twitter.com/SYxXUrw31i
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As of 2012, church of Bogdan Serai (Boğdan Sarayi) is within a tire shop & mostly destroyed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Saray …pic.twitter.com/Ejatz2Tonc
The church or Boğdan Sarayi in 2014, now part of a tire shop: http://www.enormousfish.co.uk/?p=4763 pic.twitter.com/EElipmK891
@caitlinrgreen where is this tyre shop/church? Istanbul?
@CaterinaDoglio Yes, in Istanbul :)
Capitals poss from church of Bogdan Serai, now in Surrey! H/T @DorothyKing :) http://www.enormousfish.co.uk/?p=4763 pic.twitter.com/GdMzN1oen3
1938 photograph of Bogdan Sarayı, possibly the English church of St Nicholas+Augustine of Canterbury, Constantinople http://images.doaks.org/artamonoff/items/show/72 …pic.twitter.com/UDUeFRQhjV
Fascinating stuff. I knew about the English Varangians, but not about the settlement. Any DNA evidence yet?
No, graves not now known, sadly.
A twelfth-century depiction of the Varangian Guard, from the Madrid Skylitzes: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skylitzis_Chronicle_VARANGIAN_GUARD.jpg …pic.twitter.com/GtFBp6BIdr
Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum; raised by Þorsteinn in memory of his father Sveinn & brother Þórir who had been 'abroad in Greece'.pic.twitter.com/ySnL0xcnrE
Gold coin of Michael VII (1071–8), in whose reign the English Varangians are thought to have arrived; found N.Yorks: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/388886 …pic.twitter.com/xd8rBstWIM
Slightly earlier, a silver Byzantine coin of Romanus III (1028–34), gilded+mounted as a pendant; found nr Hertford: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/216514 …pic.twitter.com/dBLOA1BCZZ
Bogdan is Serbian word and it means God Given...Do you know more about this palace?
A number of theories, one being that was used by English Varangians and erected in the 12thC :)
I just love the line "Such is the valley of historical research"!
Yes! Agreed! :)
@caitlinrgreen It's good that they were found but absolutely disgusting that they were destroyed.
@BrontefanAnn Agreed :(
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