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June 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
While these findings do not offer conclusive evidence, they also don’t refute
the theory first proffered by the Bulgarian archaeologists who found the
remains while excavating under an ancient church on the island.
Many sites around the world claim to hold relics of the saint, including the
Grand Mosque in Damascus which says it has his head. Countries around the
Mediterranean claiming to have remains include Turkey, Greece, Italy and
Egypt.
The right hand with which the prophet allegedly baptised Jesus in the River
Jordan is also claimed to be held by several entities, including a Serbian
Orthodox monastery in Montenegro.
“We were surprised when the radiocarbon dating produced this very early age,”
said Oxford Professor Tom Higham, who led the study.
“We had suspected that the bones may have been more recent than this, perhaps
from the third or fourth centuries.
“The result from the metacarpal hand bone is clearly consistent with
someone who lived in the early first century AD,”
He added: “Whether that person is John the Baptist is a question that we
cannot yet definitely answer and probably never will.”
Dr Hannes Schroeder, from the University of Copenhagen, added: “Of course,
this does not prove that these were the remains of John the Baptist but nor
does it refute that theory.”
Bulgarian archaeologists had found a small box made of hardened volcanic ash
close to the sarcophagus.
The box bore inscriptions in ancient Greek that referred to John the Baptist
and the date that Christians celebrate his birth, June 24.
The findings of another Oxford researcher, Christopher Ramsey, using
historical documents, suggest that the monastery of Sveti Ivan may have
received a portion of John the Baptist’s relics in the fifth or early sixth
centuries.
St John, who is especially revered by the Eastern Orthodox Church, foretold
the coming of Christ before being beheaded on the orders of King Herod, with
his head served up on a plate.
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