A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.

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Archaeologists in Germany found a mysterious ancient amulet containing a silver scroll. The fragile note took years to read and turned out to be the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.