The explorers uncovered 28 steps leading to the bottom of the cave. On the right, a niche is carved into the wall - typical of those used in Jewish ritual baths for discarding the clothes before immersion. Near the end of the stairs, the team found an oval stone with a foot-shaped indentation - about a shoe size 11. Just above, a soapdish-like niche apparently held ritual oil that would flow through a small channel onto the believer's right foot...Crude images were carved on the walls, near the ceiling, and Gibson said they tell the story of John's life...One is the figure of the man Gibson spotted on his first visit to the cave. The man appears to have an unruly head of hair and wears a tunic with dots, apparently meant to suggest an animal hide. He grasps a staff and holds up his other hand in a gesture of proclamation.
Very cool. Yet more archeological evidence for a Biblical figure, though it must be admitted that not all biblical or archeological scholars are yet willing to accept this as "proof" of the existence of John the Baptist. But it seems like another piece of the puzzle to me.
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