Some of the earliest Christian art that we know about was found in the catacombs of Rome. Why were the symbols that we commonly
associate with Christianity today, such as the cross, NOT represented in this artwork? A. Artists did not yet know religious stories involving a cross existed.
B. The cross was more explicitly Christian than other ambiguous symbols.
C. It was illegal to create overtly religious symbols in areas such as the catacombs.
D. The only representations of Christianity allowed in the catacombs were a fish and an anchor.
Egyptian art and architecture, the ancient architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and decorative crafts produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia bce in the Nile valley regions of Egypt and Nubia.
