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Istanbul's Hidden Byzantine Ruins [9:34]
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| August 15, 2026
| toldinstone
Posted on 08/16/2026 8:26:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
This video explores some of the Byzantine ruins hidden beneath the streets of modern Istanbul. I'd like to thank the management of the Ring Stone Hotel and Alp Watmough for making my filming possible.
YT Summary: toldinstone explores the architectural palimpsest of Sultan Ahmed, tracing remnants of the Great Palace of the Byzantine emperors hidden within modern structures. From repurposed cisterns and sarcophagi to surviving ramp towers, the narrative uncovers how historical layers continue to shape the fabric of daily life in contemporary Istanbul. Istanbul's Hidden Byzantine Ruins | 9:34
toldinstone | 645K subscribers | 19,389 views | August 15, 2026
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: byzantineempire; godsgravesglyphs; istanbul; romanempire; toldinstone
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:34 "Four Eras" building
1:24 Great Palace ruins
2:29 Magnaura Palace
4:02 Kinzer Coins
4:50 Sphendone of the Hippodrome
5:42 Little Hagia Sophia
6:54 Porphyry sarcophagus
7:23 Ring Stone cistern
YouTube transcript reformatted at textformatter.ai *may* follow.
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posted on
08/16/2026 8:26:19 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; cajungirl; ...
The weekly digest list of topics will show up somewhere down below.
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posted on
08/16/2026 8:27:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
Islam: turning great Civilizations into s*holes since 666 AD.
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posted on
08/16/2026 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: SunkenCiv
With the split of the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern halves, the Eastern half centered on Constantinople lasted about 1000 years. Before the Islamic Ottomans finally finished it in 1453, it was sacked by a Crusader army of the Fourth Crusade almost 250 years in 1204.
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posted on
08/16/2026 8:35:53 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
Thx. They sacked it 250 years?
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posted on
08/16/2026 9:08:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
Good catch. Should be “…250 years _earlier_ in 1204.”
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posted on
08/16/2026 9:14:33 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
When that event is brought up, it is often just a way to equate the destruction of the Byzantine polity by muzzie savages with a one-time difference of opinion.
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posted on
08/16/2026 9:22:58 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Nateman
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posted on
08/16/2026 9:23:26 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
A difference of opinion? That makes the fiasco even more tragic. When Islam advances, look for the unforced errors preceding it.
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posted on
08/16/2026 10:01:15 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: SunkenCiv
I know about and have seen the Little Hagia Sophia and the curved end of the Hippodrome.
Didn't know about the house of 4 eras though.
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