Egypt and Libya, March 19 - April 2, 2006 / 20060327q_SM_LeptisMagnaBasilicaPerch

Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net

This pulpit in the Severan basilica was added by early Christians, when the basilica was converted to a Byzantine Christian church under Justinian around the 6th century AD. Notice the beautiful tall columns in the background; there was a pair of these at each end of the basilica. Matthew says he was being a lion.

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