[Calpernia]

He is too late. Indiana Jones already found it :)

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Basilica di S.Lorenzo fuori le Mura F41

[RightWhale]

All that stuff is in Italy, except for what is in France. Or England. They also have the heads of many of the key figures such as Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene, which they bring out for special events.

[Andy from Beaverton]

[ElkGroveDan]

. . . and then on to camelot!

[sageb1]

What do they really want? DNA?

[Asclepius]

The cup - said to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper - is the focus of countless legends and has been sought for centuries.

What was used in that upper room was probably just an ordinary terra cotta cup. I can't imagine the Rabbi Jesus and his talmids wandering around Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem with a jewel encrusted and gold cladded goblet. I can just see Alfredo on the Antiques Roadshow getting told that his cup is worth only about US$150.00, although it would be worth US$500 if it hadn't been used.

[Right Cal Gal]

“Dan Brown’s work of fiction, The Da Vinci Code, said the cup had been buried at Rossyln Chapel in Scotland.”

Dear Nick - read the book, see the movie, I don’t care which, in accordance with the limits of your attention span. But at least for the love of all that’s holy, get your facts straight. Brown did not say the CUP was buried. He said MARY MAGDALEN was the grail.

[Jet Jaguar]

It's buried underneath the Basilica de San Petronio in Bologna, Italy.

(just to throw them off)

[JRios1968]

They better not anger God...

[Recall Em All]

Odds are they will not find it, but perhaps they will find some cool thing they did not expect!

[Hoodat]

[uglybiker]

We've already got one, you see?!

[gcruse]

“The Da Vinci Code, said the cup had been buried at Rossyln Chapel in Scotland, and sparked off a stampede to the isolated location as thousands flocked to see it for themselves.”

The last I heard, the caretakers of Rossyln refuse to allow entry into the basement. The mystery is what keeps the tourists coming.

[therut]

Who cares. The cup is just a cup. Jesus is the Son of God and our Saviour. Who cares about a cup? Maybe Satan the deceiver. Good Grief.

[TFFKAMM]

Here's a good book about the Grail myth connected with Glastonbury, the original British Christian Church, and King Arthur, and how it got revived in the 20th century when a mysterious 2,000-year-old Eastern Mediterranean glass goblet turned up in West England.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Holy Grail, Batman!

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[HiTech RedNeck]

So pagans took the grail and used it to funnel drinks to the dead. Figures.

[xzins]

N³

Calling the KOETT {!}

Surely a topic of interest for the Knights who say Neener.

[CholeraJoe]

I done told ya before. The Holy Grail isn’t a cup. It’s the bloodline of Christ passed down through His daughter, Sarah, with Mary Magdalene. Doesn’t anybody watch the History Channel?