References & Sources

Golden Gate gets older date

A stone structure usually viewed as the main entrance through ancient Constantinople’s defensive walls may instead have been built originally as a monument to a military victory.

References:

Bardill, J. 1999. The Golden Gate in Constantinople: A triumphal arch of Theodosius I. American Journal of Archaeology 103(October):671.

Sources:

Jonathan Bardill
University of Oxford
Institute of Archaeology
36 Beaumont Street
Oxford ON1 2PG
England

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 377. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.