October
24
/ 2023
Nubia, the region that consists of modern-day Egypt and Sudan, has yielded a rather surprising find – a Christogram tattoo has been unearthed on the body of a person dating back 1,300 years. This discovery was made during excavations in a cemetery located near the medieval monastic site of Ghazali, one of the best-preserved archaeological sites in all of Sudan. This northern site is a mere 9.3 miles (15 km) from the banks of the river Nile, and the tattoo owner was likely a monk from the community. Alpha and Omega: The Beginning and the End This marks only the second known instance of a tattoo discovered in medieval Sudan, which was once part of the Nubian kingdom. The tattoo
