article_snippet: Matt Marino: Are you able to tell what type of wood the cross was built from?
article_snippet: Unless we know with complete certainty that we have a fragment of the true cross, then we won't be able to assert what kind of wood was used.
article_snippet: A number of scholars have thought that the cross was made of cedar because cedar is a sturdy wood found in the region.
article_snippet: The Department of Botany at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem concluded that the wood underneath the nail was olive wood.