Archaeologists recently revealed a series of strange and hundred inscriptions on the site that is believed to be the location of the last dinner, just On time for Easter.
The room or the last dinnerAlso known as Cenacle, it is located on Mount Sion in Jerusalem.
The hall was built by the crusaders in the twelfth century, although the pilgrims have revered the site already in the fourth century.
The recent discovery was announced by the Academy of Sciences of Austria (OASAW) on April 16, with the help of the Israel antique authority (IAA).
Archaeologists identified about 40 graffiti elements, including five cats of weapons.
Most inscriptions date back to the late Middle Ages.
The researchers found that the site attracted numerous international tourists, and several pilgrims left messages in their native language.
The images of the site show several layers of weapons and written in old languages.
A drawing of a scorpion was also found, presumable when they suleim the magnificent tok about the Cenacle in 1523 and made it a mosque.
An interesting representation of the Last Supper was found on a coat of German weapons.
The inscriptions were written by Pilgrims of Serbia, the Modern Czech Republic and Germany, as well as Armenia and Syria.
Most of the graffiti, he thought, was left by Arabic -speaking Christians.
An interesting representation of the Last Supper was found on a coat of German weapons, which represented a glass, a dish and a piece of round bread with a hole, similar to a Jerusalem Bagel.
The researchers also found an Armenian registration that said “Christmas 1300”, as well as an Arab registration that said “Al-ḥalabīya”.
“Based on the double use of the ‘already’ female suffix, they concluded that the investigators concluded that it is a graffiti of a female Christian pilgrim in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which makes it a strange material trace of pre -modern female pilgrimage,” the statement.
The researchers first documented inscriptions using multispectral photographs and reflectance transformation images (RTI), before analyzing the images in a laboratory.
Then, the analysts “digitally merged” the two photographic techniques so that the inscriptions are legible.
In the press release, historian Ilya Berkovich said that graffiti, surprisingly several, with several countries represented on the walls of the hall.
“When they come together, inscriptions provide a unique vision of the geographical origins of pilgrims,” Berkovich said in the statement. “This was much more several than the current research perspective dominated by the West led us to believe.”
Christianity related findings
The last discovery is one of the many findings related to Christianity in recent months.
In early April, an archaeologist who excavates the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Found proof of an old garden on the siteconsistent with biblical writings.
In December, archaeologists announced the known evidence of Christianity to northern Italy.
It consisted of or A Silver Registration What dates between 230 and 260 ad
