The ancient city of Sebastopolis, one of the largest Roman cities in the Black Sea region, is located within the borders of Sulusaray district of today's Tokat province. A salvage excavation was carried out in the city for the first time by the Tokat Museum in 1987-1990, and during these excavations the city wall, Roman bath, Byzantine church and mosaic pieces were unearthed. The excavations, which started again in 2010 after a long break in the ancient city of Sebastopolis, were conducted under the presidency of the Tokat Museum, under the scientific consultancy of Markus Kohl. Cleaning and drilling works were carried out in the areas where the remains of baths and churches were unearthed during the rescue excavations carried out by the Tokat Museum in 1987-1990. Excavations in the city were interrupted and then resumed in 2013 under the scientific consultancy of Şengül Dilek Ful. In the first season of the works carried out between 2013-2018, the rescue carried out by the Tokat Museum in previous years was carried out in areas expropriated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, where the remains of the Roman Bath and Byzantine Church were found during the sounding excavations. The excavations, which were interrupted for two years, were carried out by it was started again by a team of Ondokuz Mayıs University Archeology Department students under the scientific consultancy of Asc. Prof. Dr. Akın TEMÜR. The works of 2021 are mainly concentrated on the Byzantine Church.
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