Mosaic Life

Pieces of Christian History

Our friends were visiting from California this weekend, so we decided to go to the Michael C. Carlos museum on Saturday. Brandon and I have been before, because they have some pretty cool permanent items on display, but this time we went for the Cradle of Christianity exhibit. If you’re in the Atlanta area and you’re into that sort of thing, I’d definitely recommend it.

There are ossuaries on display, including that of Caiaphas the High Priest (new testament villain). You can also see part of a major Dead Sea scroll (granted, it’s in low light—which goes off every 15 seconds or so, with a protective layer of tinted glass, and they really don’t take kindly to anyone wielding a camera with flash around it). But still, neat-o! Also, they have a full-scale reconstruction of the chancel of a Byzantine-era church.

It was a very educational experience. It was cool to be in the presence of items of such historical value. And it’s cool to know that there are others who are way more into stuff like this than me, and yet I got to see it and they didn’t. That’s right. I was thisclose to a piece of the Temple scroll. How do you like them apples?