■ '...-■■.. "Sport aud General". Photo, THE ANTIOCH CUP.— A glass cup, shaped like )a chalice, has 'reached.England^from Syria, where it was discovered in a cave by missionaries excavating in' the Valley of the Orontes, between Antioch and Hamath, the reputed site of one of the earliest Christian churches. If is supposedto< be the actual'cup usedat the "Last Supper," and is insured for many thousands of pounds. It has noio arrived at jhe Palestine Exhibition, in London,'ivhere .it will be examined by experts. If it is, declared to be the "Holy Grail," the Archbishop o[ Canterbury ivill decide where it is te be kept. '
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Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 7
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102■ '...-■■.. "Sport aud General". Photo, THE ANTIOCH CUP.—A glass cup, shaped like )a chalice, has 'reached.England^from Syria, where it was discovered in a cave by missionaries excavating in' the Valley of the Orontes, between Antioch and Hamath, the reputed site of one of the earliest Christian churches. If is supposedto< be the actual'cup usedat the "Last Supper," and is insured for many thousands of pounds. It has noio arrived at jhe Palestine Exhibition, in London,'ivhere .it will be examined by experts. If it is, declared to be the "Holy Grail," the Archbishop o[ Canterbury ivill decide where it is te be kept. ' Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 7
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