Mummy Found With Christian Tattoo Of Archangel Michael On Inner Thigh
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A 1,300-year-old mummy found in Sudan was hiding an angelic secret, which has now been revealed by CT scans done by researchers at the British Museum, reports The Telegraph.The naturally-preserved remains of a Sudanese woman were excavated in 2005, but new investigations have revealed a tattoo located on her inner thigh which symbolizes the Archangel Michael, according to Live Science."This is the first example of a tattoo on a Sudanese mummy from the medieval period," Daniel Antoine, the curator of physical anthropology at the British Museum, told The Telegraph. "And the tattoo itself is remarkable because it’s actually a monogram, which is the letters for the word ’Michael’ in Greek compressed into a symbol.""St. Michael was the patron saint of medieval Sudan," Antoine explained. "We have found other examples of the monogram, but never in the form of a tattoo. We have engravings, and graffiti on some of the medieval churches, from that part of the Nile Valley. So this is truly a unique and remarkable find."[...]Read the full article at: huffingtonpost.com
