Archaeologists in Turkey may have uncovered the church where Christian leaders gathered 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea, one of the defining moments in church history. An international team excavating in ancient Nicaea, modern-day İznik, discovered evidence of a smaller church beneath the Church of the Holy Fathers near Lake İznik, according to Fox News. Şahin now believes the evidence confirms the later Church of the Holy Fathers was intentionally constructed over the location where the historic council met.