Is there a real crown of thorns?

The relic consists of a circumference of intertwined branches or reeds, 21 cm in diameter. It is preserved in the Notre Dame CathedralIn Paris, in a glass tube, without the thorns that accompanied it, as these were distributed over the centuries as partial relics of the crown.



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Today one may visit the Basilica Church of Santa Croce in Jerusalemme (The Holy Cross in Jerusalem), located in Rome, in which a sizable portion of the Holy Cross is enshrined along with numerous other associated relics of the Passion, including a large portion of the sign that had been placed on the Cross saying “ ...

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The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. The Garden Tomb is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem, which was unearthed in 1867 and is considered by some Protestants to be the tomb of Jesus. The tomb has been dated by Israeli archaeologist Gabriel Barkay to the 8th–7th centuries BC.

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