The cross is a geometrically shaped figure made up of two bars, one horizontally and the other vertically. The cross is also known to be the representative image of many cultures and religions, such as Christianity, the four elements of antiquity, the union of the world and the divinity, the four cardinal points and even of a military order. However, its origin is generated by the method of execution of Christ in ancient times.
In Greek, this element of execution obtained the Greek name of σταυρός (staurós), which means stake or wood. However the so-called cross in Latin (cruciare) means to torture or crucify. Although the meaning coincides with some beliefs, they do not all have the same form, in fact it can change. The Catholic church differs from some cuts especially in the upper part and the Orthodox church has an eight-armed cross and the body is more extended or long. Also being a symbol of torture and pain, many take this name as a weight or bad weather, for example when an activity or person becomes complex they are called a cross or carrying a cross. Evensome quadruped animals have a part of the body called the cross, located on the back and intersect with the bones of the spine and the forelimbs.
Some visualize the cross as a cursed symbol that means humiliation, defeat and death. Many people who are not Christians see the symbol of the cross as a reason for repudiation, even alluding to a fatal example: Would you worship the knife with which your father was killed? However, despite the contradictions, the cross or the torture stake remains a universal image that causes admiration in some and repudiation in others. One of the recently found ancient Christian crosses was embedded in the Herculaneum house in the year 1939, below it a small kneeler believed to have been made for prayer or an ancient altar.
