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The Archaeologist: The Tomb of St. Peter

on BBC Home Service Basic

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It was always known that the Church of St. Peter, Rome, was orientated in a special way which, tradition claimed, marked the exact place of the martyr's tomb. Since 1939 excavations have been in progress to discover what can be proved by archaeology.
(The recorded broadcast of August 12 in Network Three)

Contributors

Speaker:
Professor Axel Boethius
Speaker:
John Ward Perkins
Producer:
John Irving

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