Scientists who are excavating the site of an old chapel had discovered a marble monument and a remnant they believe may be related to Moses receiving the Ten Laws on Mount Sinai.
A 1, 500-year-old ivory field with numerous Christian themes was discovered inside the temple, according to a media release from the University of Innsbruck. According to the press release, scientists from the University of Innsbruck have been conducting excavations in the Carinthian Drava Valley in Southern Austria called Irschen.
The pearl box was discovered in a chapel at the top of a little valley in the city of Irschen in August of 2022, according to the press release.
The lead scientist on the construction, Gerald Grabherr, stated that there are approximately 40 ivory boxes of this kind abroad, and that the last time one of these was discovered during excavations was probably around 100 years ago. The some pyxes that are preserved are both preserved in cathedral treasures or displayed in museums.
The pearl pyx’s pieces have finally been able to be clinically analyzed after two years of meticulous conservation, leading to the discovery of the biblical motifs.
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One of the themes, according to the press release, depicts a man turning his head as a side presses everything in his arms as they rise out of the sky above him.
” This is the typical portrayal of the handing over of the rules to Moses on Mount Sinai, the beginning of the law between , God and man , from the Old Testament”, Grabherr explained.
Another illustration depicts a man riding a horse and being led by two ponies. The same hand is also depicted in the metaphor, rising out of the skies and bringing the horse into heaven.
We assume that this is a description of the arrival of Christ, the realization of the covenant with God, according to Grabherr. The portrayal of the Resurrection of Christ with a so-called biga, a two-horse horse, is very particular and previously unknown, and their relationship to moments from the Old Testament and those from the New Testament is typical of soon antiquity and fits into our pyx.
Grabherr added,” The historic and , artwork- historical , value of the pyx may become denied”.
Images of the ancient discovery have been shared on X, previously Online, by Fox News.
Researchers conducting the excavation have likewise discovered two Christian churches, a reservoir, and various items belonging to the people who are thought to have originally inhabited the settlement.
