The silver amulet was initially discovered in 2018 during excavations in Frankfurt’s Praunheim district, once the site of the Roman settlement Nida. Found in a grave, the amulet was worn around ...

Researchers have deciphered a tiny third-century Christian silver scroll that was found rolled up inside an amulet, at a Roman burial site in Frankfurt, Germany. The find was hailed by the ...

“The amulet shows that Christianity had spread further north into Germania more quickly than we previously realized. We know there was a robust presence of Christianity north of the Alps in places ...

The amulet—and the inscription—are the oldest evidence of Christianity found north of the Alps. Every other link to reliable evidence of Christian life in the northern Alpine area of the Roman Empire ...