With the permissions of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Salvage Excavations of the Sağlıksuyu Village, the Sağlıksuyu Village in Ağrı Province, Doğubayazıt District, under the presidency of the Ağrı Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism and the Museum Directorate, were started on 23.08.2022. Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Archeology Lecturer Assoc. Dr. Davut YİĞİTPAŞA and Dr. from Kafkas University Sarıkamış Tourism Faculty, Tourism Guidance Department. Instructor In the excavation coordinated by its member Ayhan YARDIMCIEL; ram-headed tombstones scattered in the field and another half-buried ram-headed tombstone were brought together in the south of field 1. It was understood that the heads of 3 ram-head tombstones with horizontal profiles were broken and the cross motif was engraved on them and vertically spolia tombstones were made. Coins belonging to the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire were seized and the remains of a church with an apse were unearthed. In addition to the church, the architectural fieldwork with three spaces has been completed to a large extent. Tandoor, hearth and pipes were unearthed. It can be said that Area 2 is the church and Area 1 is the church's garden and cemetery.
Asc. Prof. Dr. Davut YİĞİTPAŞA
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