Historians doubt latest Holy Grail ‘find’

Claims that the Holy Grail has been found after sitting for 1,000 years in a Spanish church face a tough inquisition from doubtful historians.

Historians doubt latest Holy Grail ‘find’

Visitors flocked to the museum of the San Isidro basilica in Leon after a book said it contained the chalice from which Jesus Christ sipped at the Last Supper.

But experts have poured doubt on that claim by two Spanish historians, saying the Grail — subject of tales from Medieval times to Indiana Jones and Monty Python — was a myth, not a real drinking vessel.

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