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   Message 56,170 of 57,854   
   The Old Man to All   
   Re: 2000-year-old ring 'may belong to Po   
   03 Dec 18 07:30:17   
   
   From: Braungart@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 3:17:05 AM UTC-5, Oh so rich & successful JTEM   
   wrote:   
   > SolomonW wrote:   
   >> If you read the statement with emphasis added of what is proposed "Re:   
   >> 2000-year-old ring '*MAY* belong to Pontius Pilate' archaeologists" this   
   >> statement is certainly true. It maybe.   
   > This is crazy.   
   > The cite claims it was found in the tomb!   
   > Herod the Great, if he existed, supposedly died around 4 BC(E), but Pilate   
   wasn't supposed to be there until like 30 years later. So how would his ring   
   fly backwards in time three decades?   
   > It's all bull. It's all VERY inconsistent bull.   
      
   I thought that Pilot was a contemporary of Herod Antipas, not Herod the Great   
   (who was his father). Antipas was the Herod that had John the Baptist executed   
   and who died (according to tradition) around 39CE.   
      
   Regards,   
   John Braungart   
      
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