Cops Hunt for Stolen 'Holy Grail'-Brought by Joseph to Britain
Police Hunt for the 'Holy Grail': Burglars Steal Ancient Wooden Chalice
-said to be Carried to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea after Crucifixion of Christ
Daily Mail UK, 15 July 2014 Police have launched a major investigation after a wooden chalice said to be the 'Holy Grail' was stolen from an elderly woman’s house. Officers were called to the rural village of Weston-under-Penyard, Herefordshire, after the homeowner reported the Nanteos Cup missing. The artefact had been loaned to the seriously ill woman by the family who own it and is believed to have been taken when she visited a hospital. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/..._Police_ha.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/..._Police_ha.JPG Stolen: The Nanteos Cup - otherwise known as the 'Holy Grail' - was taken from the home of an elderly woman. Raiders broke into the house after she was admitted to hospital Legend has it that the wooden chalice was carried over to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, years after the crucifixion of Christ. The search for the artefact was the plot for the 1989 blockbuster, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, starring Harrison Ford. But now West Mercia Police officers have been tasked with finding the wooden bowl themselves, which went missing last Monday. A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: 'West Mercia Police are investigating a burglary at a home in Under Penyard. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/..._Police_ha.JPG Quest: Harrison Ford searched for the grail in Indian Jones and the Last Crusade 'The home was broken into between 9.30am on Monday 7 July and 9.30am on Monday 14 July. 'A wooden cup/challis, known as the Nanteos Cup, has been reported as stolen from the home. It is dark wood cup and was kept in a blue velvet bag. Rumour has it Joseph of Arimathea, a revered Catholic figure later founded a religious settlement at Glastonbury and the 'grail' then came into the safekeeping of monks. Over the centuries the mysterious wooden bowl was said to have magical healing powers. It was held for years at Nantoes Mansion near Aberystwyth in Wales until the last occupants of the estate, the Powell family, left in the 1950s. In later years it came into the ownership of the Steadman family, who kept it in a bank vault in Wales. The cup was stolen by burglars after being temporarily loaned to a seriously ill woman connected to the family. The Holy Grail has been a issue debate among historians and theologians - with some religious figures claiming the grail is actually the Holy Chalice, used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. The cup was featured on Channel 5 documentary The Search for the Holy Grail: The True Story, in which it was examined by the Commissioner for Monuments in Wales. He concluded it was made from Wych Elm wood, typical of a medieval bowl and was actually at least 500-years-old, making it at least 1,400 years after the crucifixion. But the cup has a long held reputation for healing, with people drinking from it in the hope of curing their illnesses. It was last known to have been owned by Mrs Fiona Mirylees, 63, back in 2010, who sent water that had been in the cup to people with life-threatening illnesses. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...nyard___ge.jpg Probe: Police were called to a house in the rural village of Weston-under-Penyard in Herefordshire after the woman reported that the wooden artefact had been stolen Quote:
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