2y ago

'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan

www.livescience.com

A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan.

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2y ago

'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan

www.livescience.com /archaeology/christ-tattoo-discovered-on-1300-year-old-body-in-sudan

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So what? This was the 7-8th centuries CE in a predominantly Christian region.
- From the article:
  It is only the second time that a tattoo has been found from medieval Nubia
  I think that makes it a little rare
  
  Probably just means they had a pretty hard time finding 1300-year-old skin that was preserved enough for that.
What the hell are they getting a Chi and Rho from? It's clearly the Van Halen logo on it's side.
- I don't see it
how did they get Ω from the almost invisible blob? At least the A has a semblance of a mark to indicate a tattoo was there.
- The chi-rho symbol was often accompanied by alpha and omega. It's basically an educated guess.
They didnt mention the condition of the body. was it mumified to preserve the skn and tattoo?
- I hope he's fine
  
  he ded
Theydid mention the condition of the bodyc was it mumifiedorto preserve the skn and tattoo?
- The article says the "body excavated in a cemetery near a medieval monastery" I doubt it was mummified in the Egyptian sense.
  
  Who said annything about egypt? Those are just the most famous because of the advanced intentional processes.
  Wikipedia: A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least the early 17th century.

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