Posted on 11/15/2018 4:57:18 AM PST by SJackson
A previously unknown 1,500-year-old painting of Christ’s face has been uncovered at a Byzantine church in Israel’s Negev desert.
The discovery in the ancient Byzantine village of Shivta has thrilled archaeologists. Although the painting is fragmented, experts from Israel’s University of Haifa were able to make out the facial outline. Their research was published recently in the journal Antiquity.
he painting, which is believed to date from the sixth century, depicts Jesus as a short-haired youth.
“Christ’s face in this painting is an important discovery in itself,” they explained in their paper. “It belongs to the iconographic scheme of a short-haired Christ, which was especially widespread in Egypt and Syro-Palestine, but gone from later Byzantine art.”
The painting was briefly noted in the 1920s, but has now undergone more analysis. In their study, the University of Haifa archaeologists explain that Christ is depicted next to a much larger figure, which is probably John the Baptist. “The location of the scene – above the [church’s] crucifix-shaped Baptist font – suggests its identification as the baptism of Christ,” said the study’s authors.
Experts describe the painting’s discovery as extremely important, noting that it predates the religious iconography used in the Orthodox Christian Church. “Thus far, it is the only in situ baptism-of-Christ scene to date confidently to the pre-iconoclastic Holy Land,” they said in the study. “Therefore, it can illuminate Byzantine Shivta’s Christian community and Early Christian art across the region.”
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Trying to decide if toast is Jesus or Lemmy.
Me.
I’ve just seen a face
I can’t forget the time or place...................
Ah, I see it now! I just needed a little “legal” weed, a shot of Bourbon, and some candle light. Plain as day, thanks!
The painting of Jesus from the St. Catherine Monestary, I think in the Sinai?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Pantocrator_(Sinai)
Says from sixth century.
Looks like a piece of toast to me.
Well, I watched the video and I can now see the marks that they’re claiming is a face. I still don’t buy it. I think it’s just matrixing.
I've just seen a face, I can't…...
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That was a great song ...... and a greater album.
500 years after Jesus’ death......
How would anyone know what Jesus looked like?
In order to draw his picture?
Let’s keep our oars in the water.
Looks like the *gum wall* in Seattle
Ummmm, Rorschach test take #351?
“Like looking at clouds on a July afternoon, I see many faces and creatures; the longer I look, the more I see.”
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Yup, “pareidolia”. When I look at the full size photo, I can see a lot of different little items in the slab of rock or whatever it is.
Thanks SJackson.
I see a bunny and a Tylenol.
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