Israeli archaeologists: tiny Christian relic found

How cool. Interesting. I love when Archaeologists find such Historic treasures.

How wonderful and lucky that it was found by people who respect others and didn't destroy it

All this hate and vitriol over a fascinating historical find, yeah, there is intelligent life on Yahoo!

Many of the Christian Palestinians today follow the Byzantine rite as the official religion of Palestine, ruled by Byzantium, was the Eastern, today also called Greek Orthodox or Greek Catholic. They are descendants of the first Christians. This is a very important find for them.

poor sting ray, his own religious hatred blinds him to his own lies. Of course, Jews were in the area in large numbers when the Arabs invaded, the Muslim jihadis themselves recorded it. Jews remained in the area for the entire occupation, though many expelled were not allowed back.

Sting Ray's god claims that's good, that whatever Islam wants is automatically correct and may not be questioned.

As to his claims about Palestine, let me quote a few Arabs.

Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein.: "The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism."

Ahmed Shukeiry, a PLO founder: "It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria".

Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi, a local Arab leader, to the Peel Commission in 1937: "There is no such country (as Palestine)! Palestine is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria."

Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem, in 1899: "Who can challenge the rights of the Jews to Palestine? Good Lord, historically, it is really your country."

Wow, and Islam was started 600 years after Christianity.

It is always wonderful to learn from the past. Now, if we could only remember and live in peace! There are populations that have nothing else to do but think and make war. If they could only think of other ways to better their societies, what a wonderful world this would be. Ignorance makes people think of war. Most educated people think of better things to do with their time and money. If all the money the world is spent on wells, on housing for people, in teaching how to grow food, this would be a better world. Only ignorant and stupid people like to think how to blow up their neighbors. They have nothing else to do with their time.

These relics should tell them Christians were and are real believers and followers in Israel and not just a tourist trade. I would like to see the fishes' mosaic tile piece they found in Megaddo (sp) 10 years ago or so. Very cool.

What a beautiful piece in which symbolizes the greatest moment in our history!

Ah yes, a Sunday afternoon reading Yahoo news. The posters here are so entertaining.

Cool digs, i love these stories.

i'm always interested in relics of the Christian era and even more so in Israel (Jerusalem).

/drops a hex on all Reality Check trolls/

cousin if.. we went to different schools together. in 1950s I was taught in elementry school about the holocost, including pics from U.S. Army offical photos of the dead and the gas chambers. vouched for by dwight eisenhower. your teacher must have had her head in the sand. never forget man is his worst enemy

Amir how many relics have you kept in your possession instead of turning them into museums of antiquity. As I remember the muslims of afghanistan blew up to magnificent Buddas as they did not like them. Following that behavior you would probably destroy any Christian or Jewish relic as it you need to destroy others so you can solidify that which you wish to steal.

What a gorgeous well-preserved relic and testament of faith through the ages.

wonderful find. it is pre-muslim. proves that christians were in city of Jerusalem before the Arabs conquered and colonized it - so how could it be their capital?

Finds like this are fascinating.
It gives humanity to the first Christians.

People are nuts.

Good news that an Israeli found it. The Pals trashed the Tomb of Joseph in Nablus and cut off all Jewish access to it. They looted the tomb and smashed up the building. Now monthly visits to the tomb in bullet-proof vehicles under heavy IDF protection are organised by the Shechem Ehad group. In late April 2009, a group of Jewish worshipers found the headstone smashed and swastikas painted on the walls, as well as boot prints on the grave itself. The Pals destroy any sign of ancient Jewish occupation they find.