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Metal detectorist finds centuries-old artifact [Video]

Measuring only a few centimeters from end to end, the artifact appears to be a typical biblical symbol showing Jesus nailed to the cross.

NEW YORK — A metal detectorist in eastern Poland recently uncovered a religious artifact that experts believe dates back hundreds of years. Experts said the cross icon is likely a relic of the Orthodox communities that continued to practice after a series of reforms split the Russian church in the middle of the 17th century and an example of the kinds of symbols that were outlawed during a later monarch’s reign.

The cross, made from copper alloy, was flagged by a metal detector in Niedrzwica Duża, a commune roughly 100 miles outside of Warsaw, according to the provincial government’s monument conservation office, which said in a statementthat it received the item last week. The relic was found buried in soil by Jacek Zięba, a metal detectorist who …

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U.S. Soldier Detained In Russia Had Broken Army Rules, Traveled Via China [Video]

The Pentagon has said that the U.S. Army serviceman who is one of two Americans arrested by Russia in separate cases disclosed on May 7 had violated army rules by traveling to the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, and he had gone there via China.