Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles

[megman]

ROME - Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles.

The images in a branch of the catacombs of St Tecla near St Paul’s Basilica, just outside the walls of ancient Rome, were painted at the end of the 4th century or the start of the 5th century.

Archaeologists believe these images may have been among those that most influenced later artists’ depictions of the faces of Christ’s most important early followers.

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[Linnea]

It is incredible that more information about antiquities and ancient civilizations is not known. We seem to know more about the physics of the universe.

Taken together, all the 'edge' sciences have a story to tell that is ignored by the mainstream at our peril, I think.