Experts Debate Whether This Nail Was Used in the Crucifixion of Jesus Published December 28th, 2020 - 11:35 GMT (Shutterstock)
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Šindelář added that the authenticity of the nail will be verified by other scientific expertise sometime next year.
Priceless Christian relics have been discovered in a secret chamber of a monastery that allegedly includes a nail used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Archaeologists working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic found a six-inch long piece of nail inside a box adorned with a 21-karat gold cross.
The box was built between 260 and 416 AD and is inscribed with the letters IR, which translates to Jesus is King.
According to a report in the
Daily Mail the “Priceless Christian relics” were discovered in a “hidden treasury room,” beneath the Milevsko monastery. It is thought that the chamber was used to conceal rare artifacts from Hussite soldiers when they raided in the early 15th century.
The wooden box was sealed with a 21-karat gold cross and punched with the letters IR, which translates to Jesus is King. But this is only one reason the researchers suspect one of the nails might have been used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Nail from Christ s crucifixion is found inside box inscribed with Jesus is King in a hidden chamber of monastery https://t.co/euKpy56Ej6
Nails used in crucifixion of Jesus Christ discovered in secret monastery chamber
Archaeologists unearthed a six-centimetre fragment of nail which was found in a cavity in the vault of the monastery in Milevsko, Czech Republic, in a bombshell discovery
09:10, 23 DEC 2020
The nail is believed to have been used to crucify Jesus Christ (Image: Alamy Live News.)
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Archaeologists May Have Found Nail from Jesus Christ s Crucifixion in Czech Republic
Archaeologists discover a hidden chamber at a Czech monastery and found a nail which was possibly used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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A team of archaeologists working in a monastery in the Czech Republic discovered a secret chamber in which they found a six-inch-long piece of a nail stored inside a box. According to the experts, this recently discovered nail was possibly used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
The box, adorned with a 21-karat gold cross, was built between 260 and 416 AD. The archaeologists also noticed that the box is inscribed with the letters IR . According to Jiří Šindelář, who took part in the exploration program, the letters can be understood in this context as an abbreviation for Latin - Jesus Rex, ie Jesus King.
Updated: 23 Dec 2020, 8:25
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A NAIL thought to have been used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been unearthed in the secret chamber of a monastery.
Archaeologists claim to have made the astonishing find while working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic.
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The six-centimetre fragment of the nail with which Jesus Christ was crucified was allegedly found in a cavity in the vault of a monastery in Czech RepublicCredit: Alamy Live News
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The lid of the box was originally made of a solid gold plate with a wrought inscription IR, meaning Jesus is King Credit: Alamy Live News