Posted on 06/05/2018 12:28:31 PM PDT by Red Badger
PinGGG!.....................
Bump!
I don't think so.
THEY FOUND SPARTACUS!(OR AT LEAST 1 OF 6000 CLAIMING TO BE HIM)/s
“The researchers ran genetic and biological tests on the remains...”
Then next-of-kin were notified.
It is surprising that, as often as crucifixion was used, that this is only the second body found with direct evidence.
I find it hard to believe that Roman-era burials of executed criminals would not have been directly in or on the ground. in fact, doesn't the Bible make specific reference to Jesus' friend and relatives removing his body from the cross themselves, and taking him to a tomb?
I doubt the Romans would have even taken a person down from a cross in the first place, never mind putting their body in a tomb with "burial goods.
No, not unless he was in Italy..............
I think most of the time the Romans just hung the victim there with rope. It takes much longer to die that way. Which underscores the point the Romans were trying to make. Then the birds and the carrion eaters do the rest.
Many bodies were left to rot and be devoured by animals......................
There have been history/ science shows that have presented Israeli ostuary bones, that were impaled with nails suggesting crucifixion.
Often criminals bodies were not removed from the cross but left to rot and be devoured by animals.
In Jerusalem, had Jesus body not been claimed by Nicodemus and Joseph of Aramithea and buried in a prepared tomb, the body would have been left on the cross or removed and thrown into the city garbage dump......................
The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jesus (who they think was Michael the Archangel) was killed on an “execution stake.” They say the cross is a made up idea, and treat it as an idol. They say the word “cross” was added to later biblical manuscripts.
If memory serves me, I’ve seen a cross (two cross-members) from an archaeological dig.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jesus (who they think was Michael the Archangel) was killed on an “execution stake.” They say the cross is a made up idea, and treat it as an idol. They say the word “cross” was added to later biblical manuscripts.
If memory serves me, I’ve seen a cross (two cross-members) from an archaeological dig.
Approximately 108 billion humans have lived on earth ever since homo sapiens first came into existence, about 52,000 years ago.
Makes identification very difficult;)
They would, if only to recover the nails.
Any burial would have been done by family and/or friends, assuming they were able to recover the body.
IMHO.
Thrown on the city garbage dump. A good place for Islamist terrorists in modern times. Like the bstards In Orlando and San Bernardino and elsewhere
Not all crucifixions were on crosses. Many were just poles and the arms of the condemned were above the head and nailed.......
Exactly. This is, I suspect, why so few intact bodies of crucifixion victims from that era have been discovered.
I think you are correct. Nails were in very short supply. They were used over and over.
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