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    Default 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.

    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.


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ion-found.html
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    An amazing find no less, but it would very difficult if not impossible to determine whose body the nail came from. This practice was very common in that part of the world, at that time.

    http://www.slideshare.net/guestce845...-crucifictions

    http://www.therebel.org/opinion/zion...-jewish-people

    http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2270111.aspx

    http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/libr...998/v1998.n113

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Crucifixion/Archive_2

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