To: Vendome
From Wikipedia:
Prior to 2000 B.C. the cross symbol, was already in use in ancient alphabets (Paleo-Hebrew [â], Canaanite, Phoenician) as the letter 'Tau' ('Taw'/'Tav') which corresponds to the modern letter 'T' and meant 'Mark' (Its literal usage in the Torah denotes a wound). It is probably derived from two sticks crossed to mark a place similar to the Egyptian hieroglyph
To: SeekAndFind
interesting.
did not know that.
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Vendome
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