ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Titulus Crucis

Ok kiddo, have you ever heard of the crucifixion of Jesus? It's a very important event in Christianity. Well, some people think they have found a piece of wood that was part of the cross that Jesus was crucified on. This piece of wood is called the "titulus crucis".

You know how you have name tags at school? Well, the titulus crucis was like a name tag that was put on the cross. It had some words written on it that said "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews". This was written in three different languages - Hebrew, Latin, and Greek - so that everyone who saw it could understand what it said.

Now, some people believe that the piece of wood they found has the actual words written on it from the titulus crucis. But others think it might just be a fake. So there's still a lot of debate and discussion about whether or not this is really the titulus crucis. But for many people, they believe that it is a very special and important piece of history.