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A room near the church’s apse contains fragments of a sarcophagus believed to be St. Neophytos’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
There is still scaffolding around much of the eastern end, and in coming years the outside walls of the apse and sacristy will need treatment.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
The floor plans of Aksumite churches generally followed that of Byzantine churches or basilica, meaning they were oblong in shape with a rounded apse at one end.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The apse was transported, stone by stone, to the Cloisters in the late 1940s as a long-term loan from the Spanish government.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Once the east end of the site had been cleared, the location of the apse and choir was marked out with wooden stakes.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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