The Black Christ of Linares, Spain

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Archaeologists in Spain say they have found one of the world’s earliest known images of Jesus. It is engraved on a glass plate dating back to the 4th Century AD, reports from Spain say.

Black Jesus of Spain

The plate is believed to have been used to hold Eucharistic bread as it was consecrated in early Christian rituals. It measures 22cm in diameter and fragments of it were unearthed outside the southern Spanish city of Linares. It was found inside a building used for religious worship in what remains of the ancient town of Castulo.

black Jesus of El Mundo

However, Christ looks very different from later depictions: he has no beard, his hair is nappy and short, and he is wearing a philosopher’s toga. It does not take rocket science to see that here, Christ is depicted as a black man, a Moor.

A reconstruction of images on the plate

Recall that this is one of the oldest surviving depictions of Christ.

Reporting by:

Oguejiofo Annu

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