Experts Claim They've Found the Holy Grail in Spanish Basilica

[Steve Hayes]

Experts Claim They've Found the Holy Grail in Spanish Basilica

ABC News

•April 1, 2014

https://t.co/YWbrJEZway

It's been a Hollywood staple as well as a 2,000-year-old mystery. What
happened to the elusive Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used at the Last
Supper?

But now, two historians have come forward saying the jewel-encrusted
goblet has been inside the San Isid oro Basilica, in Leon, Spain, for
the last 1,000 years.

"This has been an incredibly popular endeavor to try to find something
that Jesus touched," Dr. Robert Cargill, an assistant professor of
classics and religious studies at the University of Iowa, told ABC
News.

The two researchers, Margarita Torres and Jose Manuel Ortega del Rio,
authors of the book, "Kings of the Grail," believe they found
conclusive evidence from ancient Egyptian scrolls documenting that
Muslims stole the infamous cup from Jerusalem and took it to Egypt.
They say it was then disguised with jewels and eventually given to
Spanish King Fer dinand I as a gift.

The authors claim there is "no doubt" they have found one of the most
intriguing artifacts in the Christian faith.

However, Cargill begs to differ.

"I don't think we'll ever find the Holy Grail," he explained. "Even if
we had it, there would be no way to confirm it was the grail."

The latest discovery is stirring new intrigue close to the Easter
season as thousands of believers are now flocking to see the golden
chalice, which, despite being inside the Spanish museum for a thousand
years, has only been on display since the 1950s.

Before that, it had been placed in storage.

https://t.co/YWbrJEZway

[Paul S Person]

On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:33:56 +0200, Steve Hayes

Post by Steve Hayes
Experts Claim They've Found the Holy Grail in Spanish Basilica
ABC News
•April 1, 2014
https://t.co/YWbrJEZway
It's been a Hollywood staple as well as a 2,000-year-old mystery. What
happened to the elusive Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used at the Last
Supper?
But now, two historians have come forward saying the jewel-encrusted
goblet has been inside the San Isid oro Basilica, in Leon, Spain, for
the last 1,000 years.
"This has been an incredibly popular endeavor to try to find something
that Jesus touched," Dr. Robert Cargill, an assistant professor of
classics and religious studies at the University of Iowa, told ABC
News.
The two researchers, Margarita Torres and Jose Manuel Ortega del Rio,
authors of the book, "Kings of the Grail," believe they found
conclusive evidence from ancient Egyptian scrolls documenting that
Muslims stole the infamous cup from Jerusalem and took it to Egypt.
They say it was then disguised with jewels and eventually given to
Spanish King Fer dinand I as a gift.

How "ancient" can those "scrolls" be if they are talking about
/Muslims/? Do these guys have no idea at all of history?

I saw /The Maltese Falcon/ recently. The Black Bird made more sense
than this.

[Steve Hayes]

On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 09:44:00 -0800, Paul S Person

Post by Paul S Person
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:33:56 +0200, Steve Hayes

Post by Steve Hayes
The two researchers, Margarita Torres and Jose Manuel Ortega del Rio,
authors of the book, "Kings of the Grail," believe they found
conclusive evidence from ancient Egyptian scrolls documenting that
Muslims stole the infamous cup from Jerusalem and took it to Egypt.
They say it was then disguised with jewels and eventually given to
Spanish King Fer dinand I as a gift.

How "ancient" can those "scrolls" be if they are talking about
/Muslims/? Do these guys have no idea at all of history?

The "when" is left vague.

If Muslims stole it from Jerusalem, it must have been after the Muslim
conquest of that city, and presumably also after their conquest of
Egypt. But "eventually" is a pretty indeterminite time.

I think Fardles has just as good a claim.