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An encaustic on panel icon at Saint Catherine's Monastery, or Santa Katarina, a Greek Orthodox monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, 1967. The icon depicts Christ Pantocrator, and is the oldest known example of this specific depiction of Christ. (Photo by John Bulmer/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

An encaustic on panel icon at Saint Catherine's Monastery, or Santa Katarina, a Greek Orthodox monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, 1967. The icon depicts Christ Pantocrator, and is the oldest known example of this specific depiction of Christ.  (Photo by John Bulmer/Popperfoto via Getty Images)