Joan of Arc relic a fake.

[alfredo]

Joan of Arc: Study Finds Sacred Relic Contains Mummy and Cat Bones

http://jonathanturley.org/2010/01/21/joan-of-arc-study-finds-sacred-relic-contains-mummy-and-cat-bones/#more-19554


For centuries, the Archbishops of Tours (Chinon, France) have protected one of the holiest relics of the Church: the charred bones of Joan of Arc. Kept in a bottle and showing signs of the burning, the bones were a prized possession in France where Joan of Arc is the national heroine. New tests, however, reveal that the bottle contains the bones of a cat and an Egyptian.


The study shows that the bones originated from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C.

The relics were first displayed at a pharmacy in 1867 (not exactly a promising start) with a sign that read: “Remains found under the pyre of Joan of Arc, maiden of Orleans.” That curious beginning did not prevent people from heralding the bone fragments as the actual remains of the saint. (This is why I only get my holy body parts from reputable sanctified bone dealers).

[Botany]

1. Breaking News; the splinters of wood from the cross aren't real either.

n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. This sort of thing doesn't instill much confidence in the whole religion business does it?

For centuries people have been praying to that pile of shit holy relic with devotion.

[Mz Pip]

3. Poor cat n/t

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[Maru Kitteh]

4. Poor kitty :(

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Poor Egyptian!

Stuck for eternity in a bottle with a freaking cat!

[HooptieWagon]

6. I thought the Egyptians liked cats. n/t

[Confusious]

7. They thought they were gods or something

That's why everyone had to have one in their grave.

[Kablooie]

8. Who can say for sure that Joan of Arc wasn't a cat?

[alfredo]

9. Or was she merely a myth?

[blogslut]

10. I think it's pretty well-established that she was a real person

The question is whether or not her religious visions were real.

What I find more interesting are the artifacts. Apparently medieval healers used pieces taken from mummies as poultices. My question is how did they acquire the mummies? Who is the human behind this mummy? Was this a hoax perpetrated in the 1800's using materials from some medieval healer's antique bag of goodies? Who would have kept these artifacts for so long after the fact?

[alfredo]

11. Robbing Egyptian graves have a long history. Remember the times of the

Crusades there was a good market for "artifacts" from the Mideast. This one might have been recycled to hoax a new crowd of suckers.