Find new evidence that the true Jesus died from crucifixion

The 2,000-year-old skeleton of a Roman man with leg holes was considered a new valuable proof that Jesus truly died from crucifixion.

The skeleton was found during the excavation of a grave in northern Italy and is the second physical example of wounds attached to crucifixion , with right heel injuries.

Although the Romans were famous for nailing tens of thousands of people over a period of nearly a thousand years, real physical evidence was not common. Before this latest discovery, the only other example included a nail about 19cm from the body of a Jewish man found in the tomb in Jerusalem in 1968.

The evidence is very rare in part because of the wooden crosses that the Romans used decomposed too quickly. In addition, the nail is said to have mysterious characteristics, and is often removed from the victim.

This skeleton belongs to this tomb located in Po Valley about 60km from Venice.

Emanuela Gualdi, lecturer in the Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences at Ferrara University, told Italian website Estense: "In specific cases, despite poor storage conditions, we can prove survival. At the sign of the skeleton that indicates that it was subjected to similar forms of nailing ".

Proof of crucifixion.

Co-author Ursula Thun Hohenstein, also from Ferrara University, says that crucifixion is a common punishment for slaves, adding: 'The importance of this discovery lies in the fact that it is the actual case. two are recorded in the world '.

The researchers were unable to determine the age of the skeleton by carbon because the bone was poorly preserved, but with the location of the skeleton, it was reasonable to conclude that this man had died about 2000 years ago. year - the time of Jesus.

The researchers said: 'Here we think that nailing is the cause that can cause injury, but the explanation for this is quite complicated due to poorly preserved bone surface and injury and the holes in other parts of the skeleton ".

However, scientists can conclude that the man will be aged 30 to 34. And after complex investigations, including three-dimensional imaging of holes in the heel, highly developed technology Most of digital microscopes, they may find that lesions go through the "full width" of the heel bone.

The authors of the study added: 'The hole (24 mm in length) shows a normal round hole passing from the inner surface (9 mm diameter) to the side of the leg (6.5 mm diameter). ".

"The model of cross-sectional injury is the straight line in the first part, slightly downward in the last part" . Thus, the evidence shows that the heel is nailed to a hard surface before the victim dies.

Scientists believe that the upper limbs are "fixed to the cross by crucifixion, according to ancient historical sources" , and in a way reminiscent of traditional descriptions of the crucifixion's event. Jesus.

However, this skeleton was found "with the upper limbs on the side of the body and the limbs in the outstretched" , considered an unusual position.

The way that this person is buried - alone and without goods - indicates that he is in an out-of-society class or in detention.

Archaeologist Vassilios Tzaferis found the first evidence of crucifixion in 1968, when he unearthed a Jewish body that was probably convicted of a political crime. However, this event may happen later - probably recently in 780 AD.

Researchers from the University of Ferrara and Florence analyzed and presented their findings in a paper in the Journal of Archeology and Anthropology.