Brantford Expositor (Ontario)
March 17, 2007 Saturday
Restoring a monument
GRAPHIC: The 1,000-year-old Akhtamar Church, one of the finest
surviving monuments of ancient Armenian culture, is covered in
scaffolding as masons replace fallen roof stones in Van province in
east Turkey, in this July 23, 2005 photo. After a century of neglect
and political wrangling, Turkey has restored the ancient church, the
lone building on the tiny Akhtamar island. Turkey may host Armenian
officials at a ceremony marking the renovation of the chuch, Turkish
media and sources close to the project said Wednesday. AP File Photo