may have belonged to Pontius Pilate

By Nick Squires, rome
30 NOVEMBER 2018 • 4:41PM

A 2,000-year-old bronze ring found near Bethlehem bears the name of Pontius Pilate, the Roman official who ordered Jesus Christ to be crucified, archeologists have revealed.

The ring was found 50 years ago during an archeological excavation at the site of a fortress built by King Herod, but was overlooked for decades and has only been analysed properly now.

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