8/21/24 Report - Search for the Holy Grail Continues Even Though Many Think It Has Been Found. Difficult Artifact ID.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

In myth, legend, movies feature the search for the Holy Grail.  At least one modern TV program poses the Holy Grail and Ark or the Covenant as possibly being among the treasures they seek.  

... In Europe alone, there are said to be around 200 cups, each thought to be the Holy Grail – the cup used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper....

For Pierce, a Catholic, the idea of the Holy Grail is more symbolic than realistic – in her words, “a
cultural reality rather than a religious reality.”

But for many people, the grail is a real object – and one that it’s possible to see if you go to Valencia. Or Léon. Or Genoa. Or any of the many places where, tradition says the Grail resides...

The Holy Grail may have started out as a sacred relic for Christians, but over the centuries, it has also come to have relevance to others. For starters, it has been linked to the legendary King Arthur since the Medieval period – thanks to chivalric poetry, says Pierce...

A “graal” or grail in English originally referred to a deep dish, serving platter or even a cauldron belonging to early British kings, according to ancient myth....

In 2010, she and colleague José Miguel Ortega del Río were working at the Basilica of San Isidoro, a church in Léon that doubles as the burial place for the royal dynasty of Léon and Castile. They were looking at items in the basilica’s museum of medieval history...

Here is the link for much more about that.

The Holy Grail: Many places say they have it. So who’s right? | CNN

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. (Matthew 26:27).

The Greek word used for cup there is potérion, which would typically be translated as cup or wine cup.

I like interlinear translations.  Sometimes you get an additional perspective by looking at the literal translation.

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A cloth seal with the producer’s signet on it was found in an archaeological dig in Northwest Iceland this week, RUV reports. It was initially thought to be a lost Icelandic knight’s seal. The coat of arms on the seal dates back to the early 15th century and is a rare find in Iceland. The cloth it accompanied was made in Amsterdam....

Researchers had only been digging for a few days this summer when they found the seal, about the size of a button, with a coat of arms on the front. They first guessed it might be the coat of arms of an Icelandic mediaeval knight....

The signet turned out to be a cloth producer’s signet, and the cloth it accompanied was made in Amsterdam.... “But this is a clothing label of a whole bolt that has been imported and then used to make clothing. It’s probably linen, or something like that.”

Here is that link.

Dutch Seal Found in Iceland May Date Back to 15th Century (icelandreview.com)

Artifact ID can be difficult, and mistakes will be made.

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Trump headlines the DNC, being mentioned a few hundred times, while Biden was mentioned almost never.  Surprised they are not proud and bragging about what all the Biden administration accomplished. 

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Ernesto has disappeared from the Atlantic NHC map and nothing new has appeared yet.

The surf is small now, and we are still having higher high tides.

Good hunting,

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