He has spent much of his life visiting and researching early Christian sites. In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. The incredible, sometimes shocking, story of the 75-year search and its key players has never been fully told - until now. A brilliant female archaeologist. 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. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades - a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. 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. The Fisherman’s Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime. The quest would pit one of the 20th century’s most talented archaeologists - a woman - against top Vatican insiders. But his tomb had been lost to history. , The Fisherman's Tomb - True Story of Vatican's Secret Search by John O'neill ABOUT THE AUTHOR John O’Neill is a lawyer and #1 New York Times bestselling author. The Fisherman's Tomb - The True Story of the Vatican's Secret SearchA quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle PeterA Texas oilman. An unknown world underneath the Vatican.
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