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In Jordan, a ‘stunning’ discovery under Petra’s ancient stone

(www.nytimes.com)
129 points aguaviva | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 18:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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lubujackson ◴[15 Oct 24 00:27 UTC] No.41843700[source]▶
Not to get all Indiana Jonesy about it, but 12 skeletons? From right around year 0? And they even show a picture of a weathered, ceramic cup?

The article plays it straight, but I'm pretty sure this = Holy Grail confirmed.

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Telemakhos ◴[15 Oct 24 18:10 UTC] No.41851333[source]▶
The article says the skeletons date to 400-100 BC, so, no. Year 0 doesn't exist (1 BC is followed directly by AD 1), and the holy grail would have to date from AD 33 or so, because Jesus didn't die in the year of his birth.
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auadix ◴[15 Oct 24 18:25 UTC] No.41851539[source]▶
Romans were like, what is this 0 you're talking about?
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1. gerdesj ◴[15 Oct 24 21:06 UTC] No.41853126[source]▶
It's roughly 753 ab urbe condita, big nose!