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2,000-year-old discovery sparks debate: Is the “Holy Grail” real or exaggerated?

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October 23, 2024

Archaeologists unearthed 2,000-year-old tomb remains belonging to an ancient civilization, which was also described in the Indiana Jones movie. These findings discovered in the city of Petra in Jordan are seen as a great discovery by some archaeologists, while others say they are exaggerated.

The discovery made last week in the city of Petra in Jordan has sparked debate in the world of archaeology.
Last week, archaeologists announced that they had found a 2,000-year-old tomb beneath the el Hazne (Treasury) in the ancient city of Petra.
This structure, thought to be a mausoleum, hosted the “holy grail” in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The excavations of the tomb, thought to belong to the Nabatean Kingdom, unearthed skeletons belonging to 12 different people and various burial items made of bronze, iron and ceramic.
In addition, a ceramic vessel resembling the goblet from the Indiana Jones movie was found in the hand of a skeleton. American television presenter Josh Gates, who took part in a documentary broadcast on the Discovery Channel, shared his excitement about the ancient vessel by saying, “We all froze when we saw something that looked like a goblet.” Gates stated that this object looks almost exactly like the Holy Grail from the Indiana Jones movie.
St. “If you look at all the other tombs in the Petra region, only a few have human remains, and they’re pretty fragmented, whereas in this tomb there are 12 complete bodies,” Richard Bates of the University of St. Andrews and a member of the excavation team told NPR, underscoring the significance of the discovery.
“This is perhaps the most significant tomb ever found in Petra, and it’s a historic find,” Gates said. Experts say these new findings raise hopes of learning more about the Nabataeans and have the potential to solve the mystery of the civilization.
However, some experts argue that this discovery is exaggerated. Dr. Lucy Wadeson from the University of Edinburgh stated that the existence of the tomb was already known. Wadeson said that her own “holy grail” discovery would be to learn more about what the Nabataeans believed about the afterlife. Megan Perry from East Carolina University in the US said that she had excavated many tombs in Petra and that there were burials in them. Perry said, “Nobody is surprised except those who have not done research!” he used the expressions.
The Holy Grail is a chalice believed to have been used by Jesus at the Last Supper in Christianity. It is generally accepted as the symbol of the moment when Jesus’ blood was shed.

There are stories that the Holy Grail also has an important place in Middle Age legends and that it was sought by Knights. Especially in Arthurian mythology, this grail is seen as a “holy” object and has been the subject of various legends. This theme has also been handled in the Indiana Jones series, telling the adventures in pursuit of the Holy Grail

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