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2 unusual facts about Christian archaeology


Christian archaeology

Antiquities dealer Oded Golan is believed to have discovered the James Ossuary at some point before 2003 on the illegal Israeli antiquities market.

The biblical narrative describes a Shabbat visit to the site by Jesus, during which he heals a man who has been bedridden for many years, and could not make his own way into the pool.


Anton de Waal

He devoted his scientific interest principally to Christian archaeology, encouraged by Giovanni Battista de Rossi.


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Gunnar Brands

Since 1996, hae has been professor of Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History at the Institute for Oriental Archaeology and Art History at the In 1993/94 and 2000/01 he was a Fellow for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks.