Bones thought to be St. Peter’s have been found in clay pots during restoration work in a church in Rome.
The bones were found when a worker lifted a large marble slab located at the medieval altar of the 1,000-year-old Church of Santa Maria in Cappella, reported The Telegraph. That area of the church had been closed off from the public for 35 years due to structural problems.
The pots were found in a lead-lined box under a marble slab near the altar. It had been opened at least twice before but had been long forgotten.