JOHN THE BAPTIST'S BONES DISCOVERED?
【DiscoveryNewsより、以下転載】こないだカラバッジョの作品だと思われるものが出て、ニュースで騒がれ、調査の結果、違っていたことが分かったそうですが・・・。
A 5th century monastery in the Black Sea may house the last remains of John the Baptist, the biblical prophet famous for baptizing Jesus.
Bulgarian archaeologists excavating under an ancient basilica last week unearthed a reliquary, or a container full of human relics.
Bone fragments of a human skull, hand and tooth were found inside.
Watch a video of the ceremony the archaeologists conducted to open the reliquary.
The monastery is located on Sveti Ivan island, just off the coast of Bulgaria's popular seaside town of Sozopol. The archaeologists believe that a date inscribed on the alabaster jar, June 24, is a good sign that the reliquary houses John the Baptist's remains.
June 24 is the day Christian's celebrate the birth of Jesus' contemporary.
But the Vatican is waiting for more information before making a statement about the find's validity.
Fabrizio Bisconti, superintendent of the Vatican Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology, told CNN that the commission "will wait until a more thorough study has been conducted, including anthropological analysis, before it will express an opinion on the finding."
According to biblical lore, John the Baptist was beheaded by the first-century Galilean ruler, Herod Antipas, for renouncing Herod's divorce and subsequent remarriage to another woman.
Bisconti also told CNN that the Church believes John the Baptists remains are currently scattered around the world, rather than being housed in one location.
これは、どうなんでしょう？
あのディスカバリーですからね、「イエスの墓」を見つけたと大騒ぎした。でも、「ユダの福音書」を入手したのもここですから・・・まあ、素人の私としては、夢を持って期待したいところです。
ニュース記事の内容は、イエスに水の洗礼を施したことで有名な洗礼者ヨハネ。彼が５世紀に余生を過ごしたかもしれない黒海にある修道院で、古代のバシリカを調査中、聖遺物箱をあけてたくさんの人骨を見つけたということだそうです。
映像を見ると海の中から引き揚げてるのが分かりますね。で、開けてみたんだ・・・・！
あと、アラバスターの壺には刻印があり、6月24日（当時、イエスの誕生を祝う日付）とあったそうです。
バチカンは、調査が完了して結果が出るまで静観する様子らしいですが、ちょっとワクワクしちゃいますね♪
