These four religious sites claim to possess the remains of the biblical preacher’s skull. But is there any evidence? Salome receives the head of John the Baptist in this early 17th century ...

monks had taken relics of John the Baptist out of Jerusalem and these included portions of skull. These relics were soon summoned to Constantinople by the Roman Emperor who built a church to house ...

He was commenting on a report published on Wednesday by Al-Dustour newspaper, which said the skull found near the cave in Jordan's Wadi Kharrar could be that of John the Baptist. "The cave and the ...

By Telegraph Reporters 15 June 2012 • 7:00am John the Baptist: The relics found in a ... also included a human tooth, part of a skull and three animal bones Credit: Photo: ALAMY The remains ...

Inside, archaeologists found eight pieces of bone, including fragments of skull and face bone and a tooth. A later monastery on the island was dedicated to John the Baptist; indirect evidence ...

So when Bulgarian archeologists announced in 2010 that they had found the bones of John the Baptist, Tom Higham was skeptical. He got a surprise. Higham, an Oxford University scientist and an ...