Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...glorious fame of Sardis continued into Christian times. Sardis was one of the few towns in Asia Minor to have a bishopric and was later the site of a metropolitan see that was mentioned until late in the Middle Ages...
...House of Bronzes is itself a fascinating area. In the second week of August, three bronze vases were found under a melon patch not far from the highway. Hanfmann bought the land and excavations soon disclosed a luxurious room, full of bronzes of early Christian and Roman origins. The floor of a neighboring room glistened with elegant marble work. A fine statue of Bacchus stood in the corner of one room along with objects of a Christian nature and on the floor incised with Christian symbols. The mystery of the coexistence of the statute of the pagan...
Further discoveries of a chapel-like area nearby and more Christian inscriptions led Detweiler, Associate Field Director of the Expedition to suggest that this house was originally a residence of the bishops of Sardis. Corroborating the general theory of its housing firm Christian believers is the fact that it was destroyed by a conflagration, most probably during Anti-Christian campaigns in the Fifth century...
...experts expressed skepticism last night over the significance of a dispatch in yesterday's Christian Science Monitor, reporting that General de Gaulle is about to lead France out of NATO...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4--President Eisenhower announced today that he will undertake an unprecedented 20,000-mile good will mission next month to nine nations on three continents. The pre-Christian tour will take Eisenhower to Europe, Asia and a corner of Africa...