| Description |
205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204). |
| Contents |
The visit -- George Strake -- Peter -- The great fire of Rome -- Vatican Hill -- Pius's gamble -- Pope Pius XII and his team -- The clues in the Vatican Library -- Into the City of the Dead -- Inside the tomb -- The three amigos -- The war -- The flood and the curse -- Margherita Guarducci -- The inscriptions speak -- The bones speak -- Ferrua's revenge -- The necropolis uncovered -- Guarducci alone: a new beginning -- Return of the apostle -- The great persecution and Helena. |
| Summary |
"In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades -- a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter -- a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church -- was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime. The incredible sometimes shocking, story of the seventy-five-year search and its key players has never been fully told -- until now. The quest would pit one of the twentieth century's most talented archaeologists -- a woman -- against top Vatican insiders. The Fisherman's Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds,"--page [4] of cover. |
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Peter, the Apostle, Saint -- Tomb.
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Catholic Church.
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Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
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Strake, George, 1894-
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Guarducci, Margherita.
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Peter, the Apostle, Saint -- Tombs.
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Peter, the Apostle, Saint. (OCoLC)fst00031923
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Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst00531720
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Christian antiquities -- Vatican City.
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Vatican City -- Antiquities.
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Apostles -- Tombs.
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Tombs -- Vatican City.
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Archaeologists -- Italy.
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Vatican City -- History.
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Apostles -- Tombs.
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Vatican City.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 (OCoLC)fst00034590
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Archaeologists. (OCoLC)fst00812929
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Christian antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00858898
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Tombs. (OCoLC)fst01152439
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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Vatican City. (OCoLC)fst01208574
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Wynne, Sarah, author.
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Clark, Katie, 1977- author.
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| ISBN |
9781681921402 (paperback) |
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1681921405 (paperback) |
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