Are any genuine nails preserved as relics?
That 1968 discovery in Israel of heelbones transfixed by a Roman nail is not unique! Since my 2016 ordination, additional heelbones with nails in them have been found in Roman cemeteries in Italy in 2018 and most recently in England in 2021.
That 1968 discovery in Israel of heelbones transfixed by a Roman nail is not unique! Since my 2016 ordination, additional heelbones with nails in them have been found in Roman cemeteries in Italy in 2018 and most recently in England in 2021.