Nail from Christ's crucifixion found?
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7350166/Nail-from-Christs-crucifixio...
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A nail dating from the time of Christ's crucifixion has been found at a remote fort believed to have once been a stronghold of the Knights Templar.
The four-inch long nail is thought to be one of thousands used in crucifixions across the Roman empire.
Archaeologists believe it dates from either the first or second century AD.
The nail was found last summer in a decorated box in a fort on the tiny isle of Ilheu de Pontinha, just off the coast of Madeira.
Pontinha was thought to have been held by the Knights Templar, the religious order that was part of the Christian forces which occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades in the 12th century.
The knights were part of the plot of Dan Brown's best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code.
Bryn Walters, an archaeologist, said the iron nail's remarkable condition suggested it had been handed with extreme care, as if it was a relic.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7350166/Nail-from-Christ...
The four-inch long nail is thought to be one of thousands used in crucifixions across the Roman empire.
Archaeologists believe it dates from either the first or second century AD.
The nail was found last summer in a decorated box in a fort on the tiny isle of Ilheu de Pontinha, just off the coast of Madeira.
Pontinha was thought to have been held by the Knights Templar, the religious order that was part of the Christian forces which occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades in the 12th century.
The knights were part of the plot of Dan Brown's best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code.
Bryn Walters, an archaeologist, said the iron nail's remarkable condition suggested it had been handed with extreme care, as if it was a relic.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7350166/Nail-from-Christ...
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keithponder
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Christ crucifixion nail.
YEAH RIGHT.
Dude God is watching you sling this shit up on the wall.
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keithponder
