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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 299808, member: 136"]Why the skull and crossbones?</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia says:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">On some <b>crucifixes</b> a <b>skull and crossbones</b> are shown below the corpus, referring to Golgotha (Calvary), the site at which Jesus was crucified, which the Gospels say means in Hebrew "the place of the <b>skull</b>."</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 299808, member: 136"]Why the skull and crossbones? Wikipedia says: [I][SIZE=4]On some [B]crucifixes[/B] a [B]skull and crossbones[/B] are shown below the corpus, referring to Golgotha (Calvary), the site at which Jesus was crucified, which the Gospels say means in Hebrew "the place of the [B]skull[/B]."[/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]
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