The secrets which lie below 'Çemberlitaş'

A chamber said to lie underneath İstanbul’s famous 1,700-year-old Çemberlitaş monument, also known as the Constantine Column, is thought to contain items that once belonged to Jesus Christ.

According to some, this chamber contains soil from Christ’s grave, original pieces and nails from the cross, a clay bowl, bread crumbs, a stone that belonged to Moses, a scepter believed to have belonged to Lot, an axe that belonged to Noah and a seven-armed candlestick believed to have belonged to Solomon -- all of which were thought to have been brought to İstanbul during the rule of the Emperor Constantine.