Did Christianity Steal the Egyptian Ankh?

Join our Patreon community!: One-time donations here!: Check out my favorite religious studies books: The Egyptian hieroglyphic ankh looks kind of similar to the Christian cross. This has lead some conspiracy theorists to argue that Christians copied the ankh for their own religious symbol: the cross. This his basically false, BUT there is a very interesting exception: the crux Christian cross that syncretizes with the Egyptian ankh. What does this tell us about early Christianity? Follow me on Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Bibliography: David Frankfurter, “Syncretism and the Holy Man in Late Antique Egypt,“ Journal of Early Christian Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, 2003. Kim Bowes, “Christianization and the Rural Home,“ Journal of Early Christian Studies, 15 (2), 143-170. Roy Kotansky, “The Magic