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Judi Lynn

(162,491 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 03:42 AM Dec 2023

A cave painting found in Egyptian Sahara depicts a nativity scene 3,000 years before Jesus' Birth



5,000-year-old rock art depicting the oldest nativity scene ever found has been found in Egypt’s Sahara Desert: A newborn between parents, two animals, and a star in the east.

Reminiscent of the Bible’s account of Jesus’s birth, the prehistoric painting predates the biblical account by around 3,000 years.

A team of Italian researchers found the painting inside a cavity, which has subsequently been dubbed the “Cave of the Parents,” in the Egyptian Sahara during field expeditions between the Gilf al-Kebir plateau and the Nile Valley.

A newborn between parents, a star in the east, and two animals are depicted in the rock painting. According to Seeker.com, it was discovered on the ceiling of a small cavity in the Egyptian Sahara desert. Researchers believe it dates to the Neolithic or Stone Age.



The discovery was made an expedition between the Gilf Kebir Plateau and the Nile Valley

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A cave painting found in Egyptian Sahara depicts a nativity scene 3,000 years before Jesus' Birth (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2023 OP
i guess the egyotian civil liberties union got on pharoah's case about that one! rampartc Dec 2023 #1
Interesting. tanyev Dec 2023 #2
Almost everything in the Bible was taken from other sources. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #3

tanyev

(44,635 posts)
2. Interesting.
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:58 AM
Dec 2023

That reminded me of the Isis and Horus precedent for the Madonna and child paintings and statues.

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