Mosaic

So, we took a trip for my birthday into DC to the Museum of the Bible. I had never been, but also they had a special exhibit - the Megiddo Mosaic. A few years back, they discovered one of the earliest Christian worship spaces to date while working to expand a prison. It dates to 230 AD. But what makes it significant is it has the earliest archaeological inscriptions of Jesus as God. This is the first time this mosaic has been outside Israel. 

Here we are outside the Museum of the Bible building.

This is what the structure might have looked like.

This is the mosaic tile. The next to the bottom line has the inscription "to our God Jesus Christ."

It is in Greek, and Jesus Christ is abbreviated, but you can see the common abbreviation there, for Iesu Christo.

This is a larger view of the Mosaic floor.

I'm not sure how long this exhibit will be here, but if you get a chance, go see it! The rest of the museum has some cool stuff, too. Too much for us to see in one day.