Crucifixion—The Archaeological Evidence - The BAS Library

Crucifixion—The Archaeological Evidence

From ancient literary sources we know that tens of thousands of people were crucified in the Roman Empire. In Palestine alone, the figure ran into the thousands. Yet until 1968 not a single victim of this horrifying method of execution had been uncovered archaeologically. In that year I excavated the only victim of crucifixion ever … Continue reading Crucifixion—The Archaeological Evidence