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The fisherman's tomb, the true story of the Vatican's secret search, John O'Neill, with Sarah Wynne and Katie Clark

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204)

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non fiction

The fisherman's tomb

1030751209

John O'Neill, with Sarah Wynne and Katie Clark

the true story of the Vatican's secret search

"In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearther 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 embarkeded 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

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

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