Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "Archaeological evidence for crucifixion is extremely rare due to the practice’s brutality, the common use of ropes instead of nails, and the fact that victims were often left unburied or discarded. Despite tens of thousands of crucifixions under Roman rule (and earlier empires), only a handful of skeletons with clear indicators—like nails embedded in bones—have been found. In 1968, during excavations at Giv’at ha-Mivtar (near Jerusalem, Israel), archaeologist