Bones in Bulgaria May Be of John the Baptist

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THE GIST

-The relics found in a small marble sarcophagus two years ago on a Bulgarian island called Sveti Ivan

-Bulgarian archaeologists had found a small box made of hardened volcanic ash close to the sarcophagus.

-A research team from Oxford University dated the right-handed knuckle bone to the first century AD.

Scientists have found new evidence they say supports the theory that a knuckle bone and other human remains found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist.

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