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Filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici is using and misusing a fuzzy sort of ‘proof’ – the “cluster of evidence” – to claim he may have found the crucifixion nails.
Indiana Jones-style he has fearlessly pieced together the clues and dug out two 2000-year-old nails from a burial cave, which he says could be those that pinned Jesus’ hands to the cross.
Only the truly cynical would point out that the revelations come a) Just in time for Easter and b) Just as Jacobovici releases his documentary The Nails of the Cross.
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I always wanted to be Indiana Jones.
In addition to being the quintessential whip-cracking he-man, Indy got to dig up ancient relics and shiny physical memories of glories past.
Archaeology has always had a magical appeal to me. There’s a real romance to it that few other pursuits can match.
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Mark says:
Drew - Your impassioned Archeology 101 refresher had me up and hugging my antiquities to reassure them I was ONLY referring to facebook/twitter in context to part of Andrew’s last comments ‘they will be looking for the technology to make facebook work’. Cheers Read more »
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Drew says:
@Mark - you obviously don’t understand archeology at all. We still use water jugs and wheels in every day life but that doesn’t take away the importance of discovering a 10000 year old clay water pitcher or the very first wheel. Imagine as an archeologist you found the very first… Read more »
It’s not exactly a cheery Tuesday morning photo, but there is an intriguing mystery surrounding this skull that washed up on a Sydney beach.
It’s 700 years old, but the trouble is it’s not Aboriginal. So where did it come from? The Manly Daily has the full story here.
As you’ll see from the report, police are appealing for the owner of the skull to come forward. He or she is described as being between four and six years old and having no head.
What do you think is the story behind the skull? Tell us in the comments. Some background on what was going on in the 14th century is here.
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KJ says:
I feel much safer now that the police have ruled out foul play. The last thing we would want is another crook on the loose, 700 hundred years ago. Read more »
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Mr Walker says:
It’s been washed out from the Skull Cave, an ancient ancestor of The Phantom. Read more »
You have to hand it to the Pope. He’s got ticker. This week he asserted science had provided proof of a key plank of the story of the Catholic Church - a test on bones from a Roman tomb “seems to confirm” they belonged to St Paul the Apostle.
Calling on scientific evidence to prove Church teaching is grounded in historical fact is a staggeringly high-stakes game for the Pope to play. As technology advances, archaeologists will only build an ever-clearer picture of the past. As in the case of St Paul - who along with St Peter was instrumental in founding the modern Church - there may be evidence along the way that suggests certain people lived and died precisely as the Church says.
But what happens when the science calls it into question? What happens if scientists produce convincing evidence that certain things didn’t happen, or someone didn’t exist?
What if that someone was, say, Jesus?
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Cherub says:
Ben, have you really been that brainwashed? You talk about truth but then revert to slogans and assertions. Get a grip. You cover so many subjects superficially with one-liners you indicate that yu are not reeally interested in the truth at all. You begin with assumptions which you refuse to… Read more »
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