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The Cross is the most potent and recognisable symbol of civilized society, but what are its historical origins? What is the evidence for its actual, physical existence? In a small church in Rome, a tiny neglected artefact, hidden for hundreds of years, may hold the answer to these questions.
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In a church on the outskirts of Rome, a small fragment of wood, neglected for many hundreds of years, may hold the answer to our understanding of the genesis of Christianity.Their claim is a radical challenge to the modern view that all supposed holy relics are fakes. Thiede and d'Ancona have amassed evidence that this fragment may date from the time of Christ and was brought to Rome by Queen Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great who, according to legend, found the cross in Jerusalem in AD326, on the site where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands.
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