In 2014 the underwater
Byzantine Basilica of Saint Neophytos, dedicated to
Saint Neophytos, was discovered in
Lake İznik, modern-day
Turkey. The basilica had been built in the place where he was killed on the shore of the lake and subsequently became submerged after an earthquake AD740. It is possible, according to researchers, that the basilica was built as a result of the
First Council of Nicaea, convened by Emperor
Constantine the Great in the year 325. Its discovery was included in the list of top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2014 released by
Archaeological Institute of America. Due to receding water level the Basilica is no longer underwater. Now it is visible on land. ==References==