[LostTribe]

I believe this helps point out the relative ease with which people of the med. area could travel great distances to have a "summer place" in Britain. While it does not make the case that Jesus visited NW Europe during his lifetime, it does help establish that it would not have taken "exterrestial means" for him to have done so.

The Cotswolds, the region where this was found is west of London, in the region of Oxford University, famous for it's archeology department, and where the Ashmolean Museum is located. I think this site is on the old Roman travel route between London and what the Brits today call "The West", where so much mining activity took place during Jesus time.

Joseph of Arimethia was in the shipping business big time, hauling tin from "The West" of England to Palestine, and probably to Rome as well. As a member of the Sanhedrin, he undoubtedly had lots of business clout (and of course owned the tomb in which Jesus was buried, briefly).

[Publius]

There are legends in British lore that Joseph of Arimithea spent his last days at the Roman garrison at what is now Glastonbury and died in Britain. Wonder if there is any truth to the old stories?

[blam]

"I think this site is on the old Roman travel route between London and what the Brits today call "The West", where so much mining activity took place during Jesus time."

Isn't this also the site of the of the tin mines of the Carthaginians (Phoenicians) of the 8th century BC? I've read that the Carthaginians ran a shipping blockade at Gilbralter to protect the source (England) of their tin.

[William Terrell]

You would thinnk that some record of Jesus' travels would exist somewhere.

[stands2reason]

I didn't get the information in the article that it was a "summer house"--you know, England was a part of the Roman Empire in the 4th century--they could have been permanent immigrants.