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A 1,500-year-old monument that has been cathedral, mosque, museum, and mosque again

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Jesus Christ - detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Jesus Christ - detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul © Edal Anton Lefterov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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