Archaeologists Found a Skeleton Wearing an Amulet That May Change the History of Christianity

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A 1.37-inch inscription could upend our understanding of the religion’s spread.

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Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of the Alps.

Computer technology helped unravel the mystery of the text hidden within a silver amulet from the third century A.D.

The find rewrites the history of Christianity’s spread in the northern Roman Empire.

“This extraordinary find affects many areas of research and will keep science busy for a long time,” Ina Hartwig, Frankfurt’s head of culture and science, said in a translated statement. “This applies to archaeology as well as to religious studies, philology, and anthropology. Such a significant find here in Frankfurt is truly something extraordinary.”