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Archaeologists Discover 'Holy Thing' In Balatlar Church In Turkey
The fact that the story is a legend and that it has numerous versions seems to be of no concern to the archeological team, who say that what they have discovered the Holy Cross of Jesus.
Laboratory tests results on the relics are pending.
Archaeologists working in Turkey believe they have found a piece of the cross that Jesus was crucified on.
While excavating the ancient Balatlar Church, a seventh-century building in Sinop, Turkey, on the shores of the Black Sea, they uncovered a stone chest that contained objects that may be directly connected with Jesus Christ.
Excavation head Professor Gülgün Köroğlu definitively stated:
We have found a holy thing in a chest. It is a piece of a cross, and we think it was [part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified]. This stone chest is very important to us. It has a history and is the most important artifact we have unearthed so far.
The stone chest has been taken to a laboratory for further testing. However, the appearance of the chest suggests that it was a repository for the relics of a holy person,according to the team, who showed reporters at the site a stone with crosses carved into it.
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