Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kodayake kusan dukkanin tsoffin kafofin da suka danganci gicciyewa na adabi ne, a cikin 1968, wani binciken archaeological da ke arewa maso gabashin Urushalima ya gano jikin wani mutumin da aka gicciye wanda aka sanya shi zuwa karni na 1, wanda ya ba da kyakkyawar tabbacin tabbacin cewa gicciyewar ya faru a lokacin zamanin Romawa kusan bisa ga yadda aka gicciye Yesu a cikin Linjila. An gano mutumin da aka gicciye a matsayin Yehohanan ben Hagkol kuma wataƙila ya mutu a kusan AD 70, a kusan lokacin tawayen Yahudawa
A kan Roma. Binciken da aka yi a makarantar likitanci ta Hadassah ya nuna cewa ya mutu yana da shekaru 20 da wani abu. Wani abin da ya dace da binciken archaeological, wanda kuma ya kasance a karni na 1 AD, shine ƙashin diddige wanda ba a san shi ba tare da ƙugiya da aka gano a cikin kabarin Urushalima, wanda yanzu ke hannun Hukumar Kula da Tarihin Isra'ila kuma ana nuna shi a Gidan Tarihi na Isra'ila.