What archeology tells us about Jesus?
An ornate ossuary, or bone box, discovered in a Jerusalem tomb is inscribed with the name Caiaphas, an infamous figure in the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus’s trial and execution.
Who found the real cross of Jesus?
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Helena, later known as Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, was credited after her death with having discovered the fragments of the Cross and the tomb in which Jesus was buried at Golgotha.
Who stole the True Cross?
Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes The True Cross became famous over the centuries as it performed miracle after miracle. According to the legend, the Sassanian king Chosroes II (590-628; Khosrau in Persian) coveting its power, stole the relic and used it to subjugate his citizens.
Did archaeologists find a relic of the Cross of Jesus?
A section of the stone chest that reportedly held a piece of wood, one that’s possibly a relic of Jesus’ cross. (Image credit: YouTube screen grab from Anadolu Agency.) Archaeologists working at the site of an ancient church in Turkey believe they may have found a relic of the cross of Jesus.
Was Jesus crucified on the cross?
Archaeologists working in Turkey believe they have found a piece of the cross that Jesus was crucified on. While excavating the ancient Balatlar Church , a seventh-century building in Sinop, Turkey, on the shores of the Black Sea, they uncovered a stone chest that contained objects that may be directly connected with Jesus Christ.
What’s in a chest found at the site of the crucifixion?
They found a stone chest during excavation at a 1,350-year-old church, and the chest had a number of relics inside believed to be associated with the crucifixion, a historian at Turkey’s Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts tells the Hurriyet Daily News. “We have found a holy thing in a chest,” she says.
What was found in Sinop’s stone chest?
The relic was discovered inside a stone chest, unearthed from the ruins of Balatlar Church, a seventh-century building in Sinop, Turkey, situated on the shores of the Black Sea. “We have found a holy thing in a chest. It is a piece of a cross,” lead archaeologist Gülgün Köro?lu told the Hurriyet Daily News.