‘Jesus’ Face Discovered At Ancient Church In Israel Desert
The archaeologist allegedly discovered ‘Jesus’ face in an old painting at an ancient church in southern Israel’s Negev desert.
The experts from the Israel’s University of Haifa conduct a research and allegedly discovered a 1,500-year-old painting of the face of our Lord Jesus Christ in the ancient Byzantine village of Shivta.
The research team is composed of Guy Bar-Oz, Yotam Tepper, Ravit Linn, and Emma Maayan-Fanar.
The experts believe that the painting was dated back from the sixth century although it was already fragmented.
The fragmented painting depicts Jesus Christ as a short-haired youth, according to the research team.
“Christ’s face in this painting is an important discovery in itself. It belongs to the iconographic scheme of a short-haired Christ, which was especially widespread in Egypt and Syro-Palestine, but gone from later Byzantine art,” the experts said.
The University of Haifa archaeologists explained that Jesus Christ has been portrayed next to a larger figure although the gospel did not describe his appearance.
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