The commandment “Make yourself no graven image” has long been strictly followed in the Arab world. There are very few statues of the caliphs and ancient kings of the region. The pagan gods in the desert were usually worshipped in an “aniconic” way, that is, as beings without form.
Muhammad had a beard, but there are no portraits of him.
But now a narcissistic work of human self-portrayal has turned up in Yemen. It is a figure, chiseled in stone, which apparently stems from the era of the Prophet.
Paul Yule, an archaeologist from the southwestern German city of Heidelberg, has studied the relief, which is 1.70 meters (5’7”) tall, in Zafar, some 930 kilometers (581 miles) south of Mecca. It depicts a man with chains of jewelry, curls and spherical eyes. Yule dates the image to the time around 530 AD. Read more.
Babylon article talk dem. Were na 'Xchristos-ian-ababans" in dat time, hmmmph. ...but si idren 'go distance' ...muff read between the lines...link back (re-ligio) to what . What? What's the first verse ina Esther? Dem return agin time and time again ayaAWO: two ithiopias. TWO. Seen? Divinity in panel left? Ht hr seen in front of Roxbury MA Court House (JUDGMENT seen?) from Ceylon (andamans too) to Aden to Yemen to Addis (to sogolon djata too).
Tiyad yo. Tiyad yo.
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