CRUCIFIXION ERA NAIL FOUND AT TEMPLAR DIG

UPDATE: WE SCOOPED HOT AIR ON THIS. NATCH. WE ALWAYS DO!

DAILY MIRROR:

The four-inch Roman relic, stored in an ornate box, was uncovered by archaeologists working at a fort thought to have been a former Knights Templar stronghold.

It was buried with three skeletons and three swords, including one with the religious order's cross on its blade, on the tiny island of Ilheu de Pontinha, off Madeira.

The iron nail is of the type used in thousands of crucifixions - but it is special. Archaeologist Bryn Walters said: "It dates from the 1st to 2nd centuries. You'd expect the surface to be pitted and rough after so long. But this was smooth.

"It looks like it had been handled by a lot of people over a long period of time and the acid from their hands have given it a peculiar finish."

HMMM: THE TEMPLARS SEEM TO HAVE THOUGHT THIS PARTICULAR NAIL WAS SIGNIFICANT...