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About Antigonus’ Tomb: The Crucified Hand That Redraws Jesus’ Cross

A 2,000-year-old cave in Givat Hamivtar yields an ossuary, three nails, and a mystery that could upend the image of the cross. What investigators uncover may be the first-ever evidence of a crucified hand — and it points in a direction no painting prepared us for. From an inscription invoking “Abba” to a CT scan that tracks a nail through the back of a hand, each clue tightens the case. Was this the burial of Antigonus, the last Hasmonean king crucified and beheaded by the Romans? Why did an electron microscope detect iron calcium phosphate binding bone to nail? And how do experiments with cross shapes — including an X — square with Gospel details long overlooked? Watch to see how archaeology and forensics challenge centuries of art and assumption — and why it matters now.

Antigonus’ Tomb: The Crucified Hand That Redraws Jesus’ Cross is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 43 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
Antigonus’ Tomb: The Crucified Hand That Redraws Jesus’ Cross
Category
History
Runtime
43 minutes
Language
English
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Real History

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