13 May 2008
The photographs above is a sarcophagus said to be, one the earliest known representations of Christian symbolism, as seen in this Roman sarcophagus from the time of Constantine.
Constantine was the first Christian Roman Emperor, who was head of the occupation force towards the latter days of there global conquest of the known world, when many historians wrote, the Roman Empire was already in its imploding stage, around the beginning of the 4th century.
This sarcophagus is to be shown to U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush during their visit to the Bible Lands Museum later this week, in Jerusalem.
Labels: Bush, Christianity, History, United States
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