After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain the ...
Archaeologists in southern Turkey have just uncovered the original burial place of Father Christmas himself, formally known as St. Nicholas, but whose modern nicknames of Santa Claus, Saint Nick and ...
ANKARA, Turkey -- The Santa Claus Foundation, based in mainly Muslim Turkey, wants Italy to return the bones of St. Nicholas -- the 4th century bishop in the Greek city now called Demre on the Turkish ...
Demre, Turkiye — Everyone knows Santa Claus hails from the frigid North Pole. But if you've ever wondered where the jolly old elf got his start, you may be surprised to discover his ancient roots on ...
Historians and archaeologists have argued for generations about just where the bones of kindly St. Nicholas—the Christian Saint on which the legend of Santa Claus is based—are buried. Turkey, Italy ...
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