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The archaeologists were excavating at the 1350-year-old Balatlar Church in the Black Sea province of Sinop, reports the Hurriyet Daily News.
They unearthed a stone chest, containing the cross fragment, along with the skeletons of more than 1000 people.
“We have found a holy thing in a chest. It is a piece of a cross, and we think it was [part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified]. This stone chest is very important to us. It has a history and is the most important artifact we have unearthed so far,” said the head of the excavations, Professor Gülgün Köroğlu.
Originally posted by Phage
Christian "archeologists" find a lot of stuff. And it usually ain't what they say it is.
Originally posted by DupontDeux
Originally posted by Phage
Christian "archeologists" find a lot of stuff. And it usually ain't what they say it is.
Eh.. Amen to that!
In this case the messenger, OP, doesn't blindly extend the claims though. Many 'forget' such reservations.edit on 1-8-2013 by DupontDeux because: (no reason given)
Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, said the team suspects that the chest served as a symbolic coffin for the relics of a holy person — and that the fragments within it were associated with Jesus' crucifixion.
Fragments associated with Jesus' cross were sent far and wide as relics in ancient and medieval times.
According to legend, St. Helena — the mother of Emperor Constantine — found the cross in Jerusalem and distributed pieces of the wood to church leaders in Jerusalem, Rome and Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey).
Later in the 4th century, St. Cyril of Jerusalem said the whole world "has been filled with pieces of the wood of the cross."
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Helena left Jerusalem and the eastern provinces in 327 to return to Rome, bringing with her large parts of the True Cross and other relics, which were then stored in her palace's private chapel, where they can be still seen today.
One of the largest fragments of the True Cross is at Santo Toribio de Liébana in Spain.
edit on 1/8/13 by Freedom_is_Slavery because: add stuff
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by AlphaHawk
Back then who would have thought to keep pieces of wood from a crucifixion?
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by AlphaHawk
Back then who would have thought to keep pieces of wood from a crucifixion?
Probably the same people who were selling Jesus's Fingers...Buy 10 get one free.edit on 1-8-2013 by Soloprotocol because: (no reason given)