Archaeologists were excited in 1968 to uncover the very first physical evidence of ancient crucifixion. The find came from a tomb of the 1st century AD near Jerusalem. Among the bones recovered from an ossuary was a heel bone that was still pierced by an iron nail. When the nail was driven into the wood of the cross it hit a knot that bent the end of nail, making it impossible to remove it. The body was buried with the nail still embedded in the heel bone. The ossuary was inscribed with......