Burial box could be oldest archaeological link to Christ

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A burial box that was recently discovered in Israel and dates to the first century could be the oldest archaeological link to Jesus Christ, according to a French scholar whose findings were published Monday.

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