Jerusalem dig unearths Christian Icon

A Byzantine Christian icon box made of bone with a cross carved on the lid has been discovered in Jerusalem: AP Source: AP 1/11/2011 A TINY, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1400 years ago, Israeli archeologists say. The box, carved from an animal bone, decorated with a cross on the lid and measuring 2cm by 1.5cm, was probably carried by a Christian around the end of the 6th century AD, according to Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority, one of the directors of the excavation where the box was found