Excavations at the site known as Ghazali are being carried out by the Polish Center for Mediterranean Archeology (PCMA) at the University of Warsaw. They say this is the second tattoo discovered in medieval Nubia, a region in modern-day Egypt and Sudan.

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Found on the right leg of a person (presumably male), the tattoo includes the Greek letters “alpha” and “omega” as well as a symbol that scientists call “Hi-Rho.”

In the statement, it was stated that the Chi-Rho symbol combines the Greek letters “chi” and “rho” to form the abbreviation “Christ”. It was around 324 AD that Constantine became emperor of the Roman Empire. The letters “alpha” and “omega”, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, represent the Christian belief that God is the beginning and end of everything.

Location tattoo on the right leg corresponds to the approximate location of the nail at the time of Jesus’ crucifixionIf you believe the legend recorded in the Bible.

The study’s authors, PCMA bioarchaeologist Robert Stark and Indiana Purdue University bioarchaeologist Kari Guilbeau, said that although the tattoo indicated the man was a Christian, it was unclear whether he was a monk or a lay religious. According to them, this person may not have been buried in the same cemetery as the monks of the monastery, but in a place used by people from neighboring communities.

Radiocarbon dating shows this person lived somewhere Between 667 and 774. At that time, Christianity was the main religion in the region and therefore very widespread. At the time of death the person was probably 35 to 50 years old.