Archaeometric study of painted plaster from the Church of St. Philip in Hierapolis archaeological site (Turkey)

The analyses and study of fragments of Byzantine wall paintings regarding the Sanctuary of the Apostle Philip, in Hierapolis of Phrygia, one of the great Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine cities of south-western Turkey (Pamukkale, Denizli Province), was carried out in the framework of the "Marmora Phrygiae" project financed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR). The plasters decorated the Byzantine church with three naves built over the tomb of the Apostle. The recent archaeological investigations inside the church of st Philip have recovered the fragments of plaster of the apses and the narthex.