An article of analysis of the nail that might have been used to nail Jesus Christ to the cross

Last week was published on the webside Aktuálně.cz an article, about a holy nail, that we have X-rayed in the past. 

The forged nail was found by archaeologists in 2020 in a secret passageway of the Milev monastery. The nail, which could have been used to nail Jesus to the cross, was stored in an oak box covered with a paint still rarer than gold. The nail is made of iron, is sixteen centimetres long and is decorated with a golden cross inscribed on its wider side.

You can read more about this in our spring newsletter (on page 2).

Link to the full article can be found here (CZ only).

​Figure: 3D render of the sample.