The Fishermans Tomb

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A Texas oilman A brilliant female archaeologist An unknown world underneath the Vatican.In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades a quest to discover the long lost burial place of the Apostle Peter.From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill But his tomb had been lost to history Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime.The incredible, sometimes shocking, story of the 75 year search and its key players has never been fully told until now The quest would pit one of the 20th century s most talented archaeologists a woman against top Vatican insiders The Fisherman s Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds. ABOUT THE AUTHOR John O Neill is a lawyer and 1 New York Times bestselling author He has spent much of his life visiting and researching early Christian sites He is a 1967 graduate of the Naval Academy, a former law clerk to Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and senior partner at a large international law firm. Best Read eBook The Fishermans Tomb by John O'Neill – kino-fada.fr Author John O Neill wasn t going to write another book One bestseller was enough for himand you really can t blame him.However, when he was diagnosed with four distinct types of cancer and then contracted MRSA during treatment, he made a prayer and a promise that he would share the amazing story he had if he didn t die.I can t help but say a prayer of thanksgiving, because when I picked up The Fisherman s Tomb, my free time was completely consumed with turning the pages.O Neill had a pretty Author John O Neill wasn t going to write another book One bestseller was enough for himand you really can t blame him.However, when he was diagnosed with four distinct types of cancer and then contracted MRSA during treatment, he made a prayer and a promis...Firstly This is a great read If you love archeology, true life mysteries, Roman history, or Christian history you must read it For the rest of us, it s also a great read I am not a Catholic, but I am a Christian I don t remember ever hearing about the discovery of Peter s remains under the basilica in Rome The facts of this book might explain why.Pope Pius XI dies February 10, 1939 In the middle of the month, an excavation team begins to dig beneath the basilica for both a grave for the d Firstly This is a great read If you love archeology, true life mysteries, Roman history, or Christian history you must read it For the rest of us, it s also a great read I am not a Catholic, but I am a Christian I don t remember ever hearing about the discovery of Peter s remains under the basilica in Rome The facts of this book might explain why.Pope Pius XI dies February 10, 1939 In the middle of the month, an excavation team begins to dig beneath the basilica for both a grave for the deceased pope and a small chapel to surround it Because the area below the Vatican was only 6 feet high, they had to dig down In the process, a workman fell through the floor Very quickly he found himself in an amazing and unknown world, with bright mural paintings of flowers, birds, vases of fruit, idyllic landscapes, cupids andVatican officials rapidly determined that the paintings were Roman funeral murals from the height of Rome s pow...Good detail and fascinating proof that oral tradition is valuable to our faith and culture.This is not the book this story deserves.I think the backstory is profoundly fascinating, but this book loops back and forth, and frankly loses its plot at several points The errors are numerous, but they are on ancillary points, not really related to the story ex Galileo was never threatened with execution besides having nothing to do with this story, this is a trite, oft repeated legend that a high school student could have sorted out.As the author writes that he was in a hurry to finish This is not the book this story deserves.I think the backstory is profoundly fascinating, but this book loops back and forth, and frankly loses its plot at several points The errors are numerous, but they are on ancillary points, not really related to the story ex Galileo was never threatened with execution besides having nothing to do with this story, this is a trite, oft repeated leg...This was a fascinating and compelling history of the Vatican s excavation in search of Peter s tomb Readers will get a whole new take on Pious XII, the context of the excavation during WWII and the challenges faced by Rome The anonymous funding of the Apostles project by George Stake, a poor boy from...My husband ran across this story somewhere in his web surfing and said it sounded really interesting So I loaded it on my kindle app for him to read Then the friends who are planning my upcoming Italy trip sent me an email that we had tickets for the tour of the necropolis under the Vatican Hmmm Coincidence So I have to say, this is not the best written history I ve ever read O Neill jumps around between the discovery of the Conroe Oil Field in Texas, the priests who smuggled the Jews out o My husband ran a...This fascinating book is about the so called bones of Peter, found in a crypt beneath the basilica at the Vatican I was there three weeks ago and was fortunate enough to be one of the 250 per day allowed to tour the necropolis We saw cities of the dead where Roman families had been buried around courtyards And we saw what the Pope has proclaimed as the actual bones of St Peter, the first Pope Are they No one knows for sure, but it makes a very interesting story.Author O Neill knows a lot a This fascinating book is about the so called bones of Peter, found in a crypt beneath the basilica at the Vatican I was there three weeks ago and was fortunate enough to be one of the 250 per day allowed to tour...I give this book 3 stars because I love archaeology and the idea behind the story that the tomb of St Peter lay forgotten for hundreds of years underneath St Peter s Basilica But I feel three stars is fairly generous, because writing leaves a lot to be desired It s poorly organized, full of hyperbole, repetitive, makes far too many movie references, and lacks direction It s a times a WWII spy story, a biography of too many characters, and a soap opera The most compelling person to me was the I give this book 3 stars because I love archaeology and the idea behind the story that the tomb of St Peter lay forgotten for hundreds of years underneath St Peter s Basilica But I feel three stars is fairly generous, because writing leaves a lot to be desired It s poorly organized, full of hyperbole, repetitive, makes far too many movie references, and lacks direction It s a times a WWII spy story, a biography of too many characters, and a soap opera The most compelling person to me was ...I thoroughly enjoyed this book John O Neill is a great story teller and he found a way to share this historical account of the finding of the tomb and bones of St Peter What I most enjoyed was the intrigue and the revelations about characters I thought I knew such as Pope Pius XII and Pope Paul VI and the introductions to characters I plan to learnabout I have had the p...Must be the best non fiction historical book I have ever read This book is very readable, and the true story of the secret, top secret, archeological dig in the Vatican necropolis is fascinating So the Pope wants to find Saint Peter s bones in secrecy during wartime using no power tools it s a fine goal to be sure And voila many decades later this book comes out, exploring in readable fashion Nero, Christian persecution, Archeological errors, truth seekers, and faith Great book for b Must be the best non fiction historical book I have ever read This book is very readable, and the true story of the secret, top secret, archeological dig in the Vatican necropolis is fascinating So the Pope wants to find Saint Peter s bones in secrecy during wartime using no power tools it s a fine goal...

The Fishermans Tomb
  • 07 January 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 181 pages
  • John O'Neill
  • The Fishermans Tomb