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A nearly 1,800-year-old silver amulet found in a grave in Germany has been revealed to be a special and unique artifact. It has provided the oldest evidence of Christianity discovered anywhere north of the Alps, in the form of a tiny scroll found inside the amulet that sings the praises of Jesus Christ. This discovery adds new details to what is known about Christian practice in Europe during the Roman period, pushing back the known date of the religion’s penetration into northern Europe by as much as a century.
The silver amulet is small, just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, and was found tucked under the chin of a skeleton unearthed in an ancient Roman-era cemetery near the city of Frankfurt (it likely would have been worn around the neck). The grave and its occupant have been dated to the early-to-mid third century, and until this time no one had any idea that Christianity had any presence in northern Europe that long ago.
A Tiny Scroll Reveals a Surprising Truth
Given its tiny size, the archaeologists who recovered this rare artifact didn’t expect to find anything in it. But the end of the amulet was broken off, which revealed the surprising presence of a wafer-thin rolled up sheet of silver foil carefully tucked inside.