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Scientists close to confirming the remains of John the Baptist??
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:35 pm
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So when Bulgarian archeologists announced in 2010 that they had found the bones of John the Baptist, Tom Higham was skeptical.
He got a surprise.
Higham, an Oxford University scientist and an atheist who doesn't believe in "any kind of religion or God or anything like that," was asked to test six small bone fragments found on an island named Sveti Ivan - St. John.
The bones turned out to be from a man who lived in the Middle East at the same time as Jesus, Higham said.
"We got a date that was exactly where it should be, right in the middle of the first century," said Higham, a radiocarbon dating expert.
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The bones were in a reliquary, a container for holy relics, with a tiny sandstone box.
Written on the box in Greek were the words, "God, save your servant Thomas. To St. John. June 24."
Scientists take samples of the bones for radiocarbon and genetic analysis.
The date is the Christian feast day of John the Baptist, believed to be his birthday.
When the bones were found in 2010, Popkonstantinov said it was "logical to suggest that the founders of the monastery did their best to bring relics of its patron saint."
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Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:38 pm to Alahunter
Neat, but I still want to know what the Templars did with his head.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:51 pm to Alahunter
Need to do a DNA test to confirm, yo.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:53 pm to diddydirtyAubie
They're soon going to do that, with remains that are purportedly to be his hand that has been kept in a monastery for some time.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:54 pm to Alahunter
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Posted on 2/23/15 at 5:53 pm to diddydirtyAubie
They need to test and compare the DNA with the "Yeti scalp" in Nepal lol. Those dang monks are pretty morbid. They have spare body parts on display everywhere.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 6:12 pm to Alahunter
They should check his stomach for locusts and honey just to be sure
This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 6:51 pm to Alahunter
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an atheist who doesn't believe in "any kind of religion or God or anything like that,"
this has nothing to do with if this is John the Baptist or not.
This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 10:39 pm to Alahunter
Have any of you ever been to Bulgaria? I have. What a clustfrack of a country. Wouldn't trust anything coming out of there. And some of you are correct, they have mummified remains of some Orthodox priest in every church or monastery there, including Rila.
This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 10:44 pm
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