Scientists from the University of Warsaw discovered a tattoo bearing the symbol of Jesus Christ on the body of a 1,300-year-old man living in what is now Sudan. This was reported by Live Science.
The man was found during excavations in 2016, but the tattoo was only revealed thanks to additional tests. It was on the right leg and consisted of the krism symbol and the inscription “Alpha and Omega”. Chrisma or chrismon is a monogram consisting of the first Greek letters of the name of Jesus: Χ (chi) and Ρ (rho). Alpha and omega are letters that are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, meaning “from beginning to end,” and are also often attributed to Jesus and symbolize the Christian belief that God is the beginning and end of all things. tattoo explained.
Radiocarbon dating shows that the tattooed man lived between 667 and 774 years old, 35 to 50 years old. Christianity was the main religion in the region at that time.
This find marks the second time a tattoo has been discovered in the medieval Nubia region, which encompassed parts of modern-day Egypt and Sudan.
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