Angels of Hagia Sophia

In 2009, researchers removed the star in the center of one of the mosaic seraphim of Hagia Sophia (top left on this shot), uncovering a face. Those mosaics were added to the church around 1350 and the faces covered later after the church was converted into a mosque.

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.

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