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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

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

It was only possible to complete the apse, choir and transepts.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

He painted the triptych — the Lost Mural — in the apse of the building, as well as other murals in the synagogue’s interior.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 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