In Rome, Dutch archaeologists have recently determined that the Christian practice of burying the dead in the walls around the city was predated by a similar Jewish ritual.
There much talk of carbon-dating and wandering around catacombs where the Roman stashed all the bodies, but “the larger point is that Jews and Christians co-existed peacefully for centuries and clearly influenced each other’s cultures.”
Photo c/o MSNBC.
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With an emphasis on “co-existed peacefully”. Don’t know what happen with that whole inquisition thing they had going on. Really shamefull! It set a bad example for wackos to come.