Archeologists Unearth 1,200-Year-Old 'Communion Bread' Bearing the Image of Christ
ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
One of the five loaves unearthed by archaelogists at the Topraktepe (the ancient city of Eirenopolis) excavation site in the Ermenek district per Karaman Governorship on their Facebook profile.
Archeologists were working the excavation site at Topraktepe (the ancient city of Eirenopolis) in the Ermenek district where they discovered five carbonized loaves of bread dating back to the 7th-8th Century AD per the Karaman Governorship on Facebook.
The Karaman Governorship noted that one of the five loaves bore the image of Jesus along with a Greek inscription that read: "With Thanksgiving to the Blessed Jesus."
Per Karaman Governorship, Jesus is depicted as a 'Farmer' or 'Planter' and not as 'Jesus Christ the Savior,' which is considered to illuminate the "religious understanding of labor and fertility" at that point in time.
The Karaman Governorship also stated that other decorative loaves of bread were discovered at this excavation site that are believed to be used as Eucharists during Communion during the early Christian period.