{"id":4015,"date":"2006-12-07T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/12\/07\/tomb-it-may-concern\/"},"modified":"2006-12-07T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T14:39:07","slug":"tomb-it-may-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/12\/tomb-it-may-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb it may concern"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROME — Vatican archaeologists have unearthed a sarcophagus thought to contain the remains of the Apostle Paul that had been buried beneath Rome’s second largest basilica.<\/p>\n

The sarcophagus, which dates to at least A.D. 390, has been the subject of an extended excavation that began in 2002 and was completed last month, the project’s head said this week.<\/p>\n

"Our objective was to bring the remains of the tomb back to light for devotional reasons, so that it could be venerated and be visible," said Giorgio Filippi, the Vatican archaeologist.
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That would be pretty cool if true for the Vatican to have both Peter’s and Paul’s bones.<\/p>\n

A reader sent me a related story from a parody blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vatican archaeologists find Apostle Paul’s tomb in Rome<\/strong>
\nWITH REMAINS, ARCHEOLOGISTS FIND UNOPENED LETTERS FROM PAUL TO ROMANS, CORINTHIANS MARKED: "RETURN TO SENDER, POSTAGE DUE"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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