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Monday, August 16, 2004

To the Baptist Cave!

A group of archeologists claim that they have found the cave that St. John the Baptist did his baptizing in.

[The archeologists] said it was very likely that the wall carvings, including one showing a man with a staff and wearing animal skin, told the story of John the Baptist. The carvings stem from the Byzantine period and apparently were made by monks in the fourth or fifth century.

Sounds like a place for Jerusalem Jones to investigate!

Posted by John Herreid on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 10:40 AM | Permalink

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It's not clear at all how they can really know this cave was used by John the Baptist. After all, weren't men with staffs and wearing animal skins rather common back in those days?

Posted by: Carl Olson | Monday, August 16, 2004 at 03:04 PM

It's not clear at all how they can really know this cave was used by John the Baptist. After all, weren't men with staffs and wearing animal skins rather common back in those days?

Posted by: Carl Olson | Monday, August 16, 2004 at 03:04 PM

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