Crosses on the wall at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Until now, religious scholars believe that medieval pilgrims traveling to this sacred site carved images of crosses on the walls. But new research has shown that only a handful of people, be they masons or artisans, carved these crosses on behalf of pilgrims, who may have kept the dust from carved as a sacred keepsake. Some crosses date from the 14th or 15th centuries, hundreds of years after the Crusades in the Holy Land (1096-1291), suggesting that post-medieval pilgrims may have made the trees. Cross. “During our research, we scrutinized, analyzed every millimeter inside the crosses – their depth, their width, even the hands of the people who carved them,” said the project leader. Project Amit Re’em, Jerusalem regional archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority said. The team found that it was one person, or several, responsible for making these crosses, not the hundreds and thousands of pilgrims who visited the church. Re’em got the idea for research while visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The church was built in the 4th century, when Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, traveled to Jerusalem, and according to legend, helped discover the place where Jesus was crucified, burial and resurrection. Constantine had a basilica built there, and it was later called the Church of the Tomb. Together with colleagues Moshe Caine and Doron Altaratz, professor and senior lecturer, in the Department of Photographic Communication at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem, the team used three photographic techniques to record the shape of the crosses: photogrammetry, reflectance-conversion imaging (RTI) and gigapixel imaging. For the optical measurement, the team took between 50 and 500 images of each subject, with each image at a different angle, and then used software to create a digital 3D image based on the triangulation of all The pictures. Meanwhile, with gigapixel photography, which is similar to zooming in from the whole world to a close-up street view on Google Maps, the team took multiple photos of the carved surfaces. All of these techniques help Re’em investigate the similarities and differences, including the chisel technique, of each carved cross. Furthermore, when the researchers took pictures of the crosses, they noticed inscriptions of names and dates engraved along them. “We found that the crosses were carved around the inscriptions, which means that the crosses date to or slightly later than the inscriptions,” Re’em said. After reading about the research being done in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently, William Purkis, a reader of medieval history at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, contacted Re’em. Purkis said he shares the same thoughts with Israeli researchers on the findings that these crosses were made by only a few experts. It is possible that the pilgrims paid a stone mason or an artist to carve a cross for them in the church, and then saved the dust as a sacred keepsake, Purkis said. In the Middle Ages, pilgrims were known to carry small lead vessels filled with souvenirs of the Holy Land, such as water from the Jordan River. Two of these medieval vases are in museums – the Cleveland Museum of Art and the British Museum.

Feng shui expert Phung Phuong warns that in the house there are 4 things that must be more precious than gold, do not be foolish to give it to anyone lest you bring fortune to your hand. Used wallets Even if the wallet is still healthy and no longer used, you should not give it to others. This is a feng shui object that symbolizes money, giving it is like giving your fortune to others. User idols Many people think that bringing the God of Wealth to friends on the day of opening or opening a business will make them prosper, trade and sell expensive, money comes in like water. That concept is not wrong, but it means that you will lose all fortune in your house. Moreover, the God of Wealth statue is only fulfilled when the owner himself sincerely requests it, so when he opens it, he will bless the client with good luck and fortune. Aquarium Some people, after receiving the gift of a fish tank, felt that fortune was not favorable, so they invited a feng shui expert to see. It turned out that they didn’t know that fish tanks like “Gods of Fortune” could not be given as gifts. There are some people who are hydrophobic or afraid of fish farming, so giving an aquarium is no different from harming the person receiving the gift. The location of the fish tank is also very important, requiring the guidance of a feng shui expert. Sharp thing Sharp objects such as knives, swords, scissors … according to feng shui will bring bad points, cut off good relationships or bring dangers to the recipient. If you want to give a beautiful and valuable knife or scissors as a unique souvenir, you should tell the recipient in advance. Then ask them to give you change or small coin, as if they paid for the item themselves. This is a folk trick to avoid the bad luck of the gift. Sharp objects should only be given as souvenirs, used as souvenirs for birthdays, birthdays or weddings. In addition to the above 4 objects, there are many other great taboo objects according to folk beliefs that should not be given or given to others. Because even if your property is good, your mind is impartial, but it is not by chance that grandparents draw it like that, so having taboo is still better than you! * Information is for reference only