Mysterious Temple Mount artifact evokes 'Da Vinci Code'

Mysterious Temple Mount artifact evokes 'Da Vinci Code'

By Amiram Barkat

When Israeli archaeologist Gabriel Barkai and his assistant Tzachi Zweig began the painstaking task of sifting through mounds of Temple Mount rubble, they hoped to find artifacts dating from the period of the First or Second Temple.

They never dreamed of finding a mysterious artifact that looks like something straight out of the world of controversial theories propounded by "The Da Vinci Code."

Dan Brown's blockbuster novel from 2003, which has sold more than 36 million copies, identifies the Temple Mount as the site holding the secret of the Holy Grail - the chalice which, according to Christian tradition, was used at the last supper and in which Jesus' blood was collected at the Crucifixion.

Brown's best-seller claimed the secret that lay buried among the ruins of Herod's temple was rediscovered by the Knights Templar several years after the conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade (1099 C.E.).

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/620250.html

I had my suspicions, and this confirms it.

Some tourist dropping a necklace is hardly
worth a news story.

That misleading headline sure grabs attention though.

Oded Golan?

Seems to have been pretty busy in the last few years:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/954500/posts

Israeli Law Enforcement is all over that dude like flies on shit -