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Show Archaeologists' Findings Bear Out Bible Stories Archaeologists' findings ofttlmes serve to further establish the authenticity au-thenticity of the story of Jesus. Only recently a group discovered the name of Jesus, carved before 70 A.D. and perhaps by an eyewitness eye-witness to the crucifixion, among inscriptions on 11 early Christian burial urns found in a cave on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem road. The urns may provide the "oldest archaeological record of Christian-i Christian-i ity" and an historical confirmation of the trial and crucifixion of Christ, the archaeologists said. A sect of Hebrews, who followed Jesus, denounced Pontius Pilate and mourned the crucifixon of their leader, was 'believed to have left the writings on the urns in the cave. The Hebrew and Aramic inscriptions inscrip-tions contained common names like Miriam, Simeon, and Matti. The Greek inscriptions and symbols beside be-side them contained references to Christianity and, it seems probable, 1 to the crucifixion. I |