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An Early Christian amulet from the ancient Roman settlement of Nida is the earliest evidence for Christianity north of the Alps and a recent scan of the scroll within it has uncovered some interesting features. In this video I discuss this exciting analysis as well as the discovery of thirteen mummies with gold tongues and nails at a Ptolemaic Egyptian site, an unusual sculpture found in Kuwait and the study of an undeciphered script on a basalt tablet in Georgia.
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00:00 Introduction
00:56 1,800-year-old amulet is the earliest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps
05:13 Archaeologists excavate 13 ancient Egyptian mummies with gold tongues
06:23 Strange-looking sculpture dating back 7,500 years found in Kuwait
08:15 Previously unknown script identified in Georgia
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✨ REFERENCES
Killgrove, K., (2024). ‘1,800-year-old silver amulet could rewrite history of Christianity in the early Roman Empire', Livescience, 20 December. livescience.com/archaeology/1-800-year-old-silver-amulet-could-rewrite-history-of-christianity-in-the-early-roman-empire
Jarus, O., (2024). ‘13 ancient Egyptian mummies found with gold tongues to help them talk in the afterlife', Livescience, 18 December. livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/13-ancient-egyptian-mummies-found-with-gold-tongues-to-help-them-talk-in-the-afterlife
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. (2024). ‘Kuwaiti-Polish team discovers figurine, local pottery production, and environmental clues', Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, 28 November. https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2024/11/28/kuwaiti-polish-team-discovers-figurine-local-pottery-production-and-environmental-clues/
McRae, M., (2024). ‘Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia', Science Alert, 17 December. sciencealert.com/ancient-tablet-etched-with-mysterious-language-found-in-georgia
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
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Roman kitchen excavated from the Roman city of Nida in northwest Frankfurt, credit: Haselburg-müller
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Map of Roman Nida: Haselburg-müller using openstreetmap.org
Other
Image of the amulet, credit: Archaeological Museum Frankfurt
Image of the CT scan of the amulet, credit: Leibniz Institute for Archaeology in Mainz
Images from the tomb at Oxyrhynchus, credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Images from Bahra 1, credit: Adam Oleksiak /CAŚ UW
Images of the tablet from Georgia, credit: Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology.
An Early Christian amulet from the ancient Roman settlement of Nida is the earliest evidence for Christianity north of the Alps and a recent scan of the scroll within it has uncovered some interesting features. In this video I discuss this exciting analysis as well as the discovery of thirteen mummies with gold tongues and nails at a Ptolemaic Egyptian site, an unusual sculpture found in Kuwait and the study of an undeciphered script on a basalt tablet in Georgia.
#ancientegypt #ancientegypt #RealArchaeology
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:56 1,800-year-old amulet is the earliest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps
05:13 Archaeologists excavate 13 ancient Egyptian mummies with gold tongues
06:23 Strange-looking sculpture dating back 7,500 years found in Kuwait
08:15 Previously unknown script identified in Georgia
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ SUPPORT VIA PATREON
patreon.com/MegalithHunter
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
BlueSky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
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✨ REFERENCES
Killgrove, K., (2024). ‘1,800-year-old silver amulet could rewrite history of Christianity in the early Roman Empire', Livescience, 20 December. livescience.com/archaeology/1-800-year-old-silver-amulet-could-rewrite-history-of-christianity-in-the-early-roman-empire
Jarus, O., (2024). ‘13 ancient Egyptian mummies found with gold tongues to help them talk in the afterlife', Livescience, 18 December. livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/13-ancient-egyptian-mummies-found-with-gold-tongues-to-help-them-talk-in-the-afterlife
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. (2024). ‘Kuwaiti-Polish team discovers figurine, local pottery production, and environmental clues', Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, 28 November. https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2024/11/28/kuwaiti-polish-team-discovers-figurine-local-pottery-production-and-environmental-clues/
McRae, M., (2024). ‘Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia', Science Alert, 17 December. sciencealert.com/ancient-tablet-etched-with-mysterious-language-found-in-georgia
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Roman kitchen excavated from the Roman city of Nida in northwest Frankfurt, credit: Haselburg-müller
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Map of Roman Nida: Haselburg-müller using openstreetmap.org
Other
Image of the amulet, credit: Archaeological Museum Frankfurt
Image of the CT scan of the amulet, credit: Leibniz Institute for Archaeology in Mainz
Images from the tomb at Oxyrhynchus, credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Images from Bahra 1, credit: Adam Oleksiak /CAŚ UW
Images of the tablet from Georgia, credit: Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology.
