The cross is probably one of the oldest universal symbols. Crosses have been discovered in Stone Age caves, found carved on the back of ancient Celtic coins and been unearthed in the Central Asian steppes. The Ank cross was employed in Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Indians of the New World etched cross symbols into rock faces and used them in their designs for rugs, jewelry and pottery.

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The cross was not recognized as a Christian symbol until the reign of the Roman Emperor, Constantine in 325 AD. In all its permutations, the cross remains to this day a potent symbol of man's yearning for meaning in the vastness of the universe.