A nail that comes from the time of the crucifixion of Christ has been discovered in a remote castle, the castle is believed to have become the Knights Templar or the soldiers of Christ.
Throughout the four-inch nail was considered one of the thousands who used to crucifixion by the Roman Empire.
Archaeologists believe that the nail came from the first or second century AD.
Nail was found last summer in a decorative box in a castle on a small island Ilheu de Pontinha, off the coast of Madeira.
Pontinha be controlled by the Knights Templar, a religious order that is part of the Christian forces who occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades in the 12th century.
Bryn Walters archaeologists say that the iron nails in exceptional condition and is assumed to be handled carefully, as if it were a relic.
"It comes from first to second century," he told the Daily Mirror.
While one would expect a rough surface but the nail surface was smooth.
It shows that many people have held it for centuries, with the acid in his hand gave him a strange surface.
Nail was found together with three framework and three swords. One of the swords Knight Templar has a cross on it.
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