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>> "It's impossible Jesus drank from it; that there were such rich and fine vessels used at the Last Supper was nonsensical," he said, especially since Jesus and most of the apostles came from humble or poor backgrounds. <<

>> "He most probably used a cup made from glass like everybody else," he said. <<

Mr. Utro is not a very good Catholic, and doesn't understand ancient cultures very well for a curator. He's too used to Wal-Mart apparently.

First, Jesus and the apostles, contrary to the Marxist class-warfare bullsh!+ that infects the Church, were NOT poor. Some of the apostles owned their own fishing boats, and Jesus had a professional craft. They would have had hard lives according to OUR lives, but well off for their days.

Now, our economy is so large because off the cheapness of mass production. Anything not mass-produced has become greatly exaggerated in cost to what has not been mass produced. Handcrafts that cost 2 months' salary of a Joe Schmoe century ago still cost 2 months' salary for a Joe Schmoe today. Populations were fairly stable so heirlooms weren't endlessly divided. Religious artifacts were most highly valued heirlooms.

Noble elements such as Gold weren't decorative; they were practical. Craft something out of iron, and you have to craft it again, every generation. Craft it out of gold, and it survives many generations, and actually becomes more economical than iron.

Jesus had friends with uppity-ups, and had relatives who taught in the synagogues. He was a rabbi. His mother grew up in the very Temple of Jerusalem, and was known by professional prophets and prophetesses. As a well-regarded religious teacher, it is quite very likely SOMEONE would have given him an heirloom. He certainly didn't sneeze at 200 silver peices' worth of perfume being poured over his feet and hair.

Mr. Utro may have rejected the Da Vinci Code, but apparently fell for Indiana Jones' nonsense without having used his brain.