Revered Christian Artifact Turns Out to Be Fake

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[Justice Department]

A silver cross regarded as one of the most important early Christian artifacts found in Britain is a modern fake, scientists confirmed Thursday.

The Chi-Rho Amulet, which bears an early Christian symbol incorporating the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek, was found in a 4th-century Roman grave near the Somerset town of Shepton Mallet in 1990.

[Justice Department]

"Suspicion is focusing on protesters who opposed construction of a vast liquor warehouse on the site beside the Fosse Way, an ancient Roman road."

[Inyo-Mono]

Looks like some I made in metal shop in the 8th grade.

[Justice Department]

[raynearhood]

A silver cross regarded as one of the most important early Christian artifacts found in Britain is a modern fake,

Oh my goodness, Nietzsche was RIGHT!!! < /sarcasm >

[paudio]

It looks like a simplified version of the robot from "Lost in Space" to me.

[Grizzled Bear]

A cute chick with an edged weapon and gallons of booze! That’s my kinda party!

[Kevmo]

I never revered it; I never heard of it.

[Justice Department]

Next thing you know they'll be calling the Shroud of Turin a FAKE!

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

According to the story, their best educated guess is that back in 1991, some local who was opposed to a large new development, faked the artifact in an effort to get the development halted.

If that's true, this could well be just another case of a lie from a radical environmentalist. (Remember the Sierra Club lying about spotted owl habitats in the northwest?)

[wideawake]

I’ve never heard of it.

[Kevmo]

(Remember the Sierra Club lying about spotted owl habitats in the northwest?)

***Here in the SF bay area is a more stark example: San Bruno Mountain and some blue butterfly back in the 1970’s. It stopped construction right at the 11th hour. Interesting thing is, after 20-30 years of delay, the price of the land skyrocketed to being some of the most expensive land in the world and the developer is making more money on it than he ever imagined.

[Justice Department]

Here's another religious artifact. Can't tell just by looking at it if it's real or fake - can you?

[BBell]

Fake ping

[grey_whiskers]

Here, you ought to enjoy this.

Like, *PING*, [deleted]

Check out post #5 in particular.

Cheers!

[PAR35]

I don’t know what you mean by ‘real or fake’, but it’s obviously modern.

[Soliton]

The Shroud is a fake, but the Holy Prepuce looks real (at least to the cockeyed).

[ansel12]

Ridiculous, none of us have even heard of the thing.

[Justice Department]

"the Holy Prepuce looks real (at least to the cockeyed)."