# Crucifixion—The archaeological evidence #### (2015) - Vassilios Tzaferis **Link**:: https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/11/1/6 **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Tzaferis2015-zm] ### Abstract ``` From ancient literary sources we know that tens of thousands of people were crucified in the Roman Empire. In Palestine alone, the figure ran into the thousands. Yet until 1968 not a single victim of this horrifying method of execution had been uncovered archaeologically. ``` ### Notes