To: Jonty30
The article said the tomb “once held Phillip’s remains.” I took that to mean there aren’t even any remains in the tomb at present. So that makes it hard for me to figure how they knew Phil’s old dry bones were once in that hole.
5 posted on
01/05/2012 7:29:20 AM PST by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: Oberon
Poorly written article; there’s probably an inscription or carvings of some kind.
Having said that.......and while I’m a fervent believer, I’m always just a bit skeptical about these type finds. I mean, really, what are the odds? But......we can hope.
8 posted on
01/05/2012 7:40:18 AM PST by
Rich21IE
To: Oberon
They probably knew a church had been built around his tomb from ancient writings. The problem was that they had searched the domed church and found no tomb in its center. Recently they found the other church and discovered the tomb in its center. Hence, since the coin showed two churches, and only one of them had a tomb in its center, the deduction was that this was the original resting place for Saint Phillip.
Previous discovered writings stated that his remains had been moved.
9 posted on
01/05/2012 7:44:47 AM PST by
Yulee
(Village of Albion)
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