Tag Archives: Relics

St John the Baptist’s Bones? Again

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

The Huffington Post has some not so new – for those of us following things archaeological – news: London – It’s a tantalizing find in a Biblical mystery – Oxford University researchers have concluded that a set of skeletal remains which many … Continue reading →

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Would You Pay to See John the Baptist's Tooth?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

… After all, the display includes 2,000-year-old teeth, shards of bone and splinters from a first-century execution device. But these are not just any teeth, bones and splinters. Tradition holds that they belong to John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, St. … Continue reading →

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