Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of the Alps. Computer technology helped unravel the mystery of the text ...

“Normally, such inscriptions on amulets were written in Greek or Hebrew ... indicated by question marks: (In the name?) of St. Titus. confess (to Jesus Christ). An initial analysis of ...

The use of such amulets, also known as phylacteries, was to protect their wearers from illness or other misfortune. But they generally referenced other religions and never mentioned Christianity. The ...

The amulet caused great excitement because it included an early Christian symbol known as the Chi-Rho, a monogram of the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek. Shepton Mallet's theatre was ...