[Doctor Don]

My guess is that the author is ........just guessing too! When he displays the artefacts I will be convinced!

[Arthalion]

One big problem. The original Monastery of St Theodosius was destroyed when the Persians drove out the Byzantine Christians in 614. When the crusaders came in about 500 years later, they built a church on the site of the original monastery. That structure, in turn, was abandoned and destroyed when the Christians were driven back out. The current Monastery of St Theodosius is only about 100 years old, and was built on top of the ruins of the crusader church. Very little of the original floor plan is intact, and practically none of the original church is still there. Even if the artifacts weren't located and sold off during the many centuries when the site was a destroyed ruin, it would be nearly impossible to locate their burial site at this point.

By the way, if anyone is curious about the significance of the site: The monastery is built on top of a small cave complex where legend says the three wise men stayed when they came to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The original caves are still beneath the church, but can only be accessed by the Greek Orthodox monks who live there.

And let me just say that I'm praying that no Palestinians get wind of this and decide to try some treasure hunting. There are only six unarmed and undefended monks in the monastery, and they'd offer little resistance to a crowd of looting Muslims.

[SunkenCiv]

British Historian Claims to Have Found the Temple Treasures
Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Networ | Oct 08, ‘06 | Gil Zohar
Posted on 10/09/2006 12:29:32 AM PDT by M. Espinola
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716127/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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