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Archaeologists uncover rare Roman-style 'Good Shepherd' fresco near Iznik

A fresco depicting a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd” has been uncovered by Turkish archaeologists, one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era.

The painting was discovered in August in an underground tomb near Iznik, where Pope Leo XIV recently visited as part of his first overseas trip. The town is known in Christian history as the site where the Nicene Creed was adopted in AD 325.

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