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Nail
from Christ's crucifixion found?
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.
Telegraph,
02 Mar 2010
Photo: GREG GRUNDY
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.
"It
dates from the first to second centuries," he told the Daily Mirror.
While
one would expect the surface to be "pitted and rough" he said on this
nail the surface was smooth.
That
suggested that many people had handled it over the centuries, with the acid on
their hands giving it a "peculiar finish".
Christopher
Macklin of the Knights Templar of Britannia said the discovery was
"momentous".
He
said the original Knights Templar may have thought it was one of the nails used
in Christ's crucifixion. The nail was found together with three skeletons and
three swords. One of the swords had the Knight Templar's cross inscribed on it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7350166/Nail-from-Christs-crucifixion-found.html
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