A text called the "Gospel of Peter" was known to have been used by some early Christians, though opposition from church leaders likely contributed to its
exclusion from the emerging Christian canon. For most of history, this text was lost.
That was until the discovery of the Akhmim Codex, found buried in a tomb near the east bank of the Nile in Egypt. The gospel it contained narrates the
trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus in ways similar to yet strikingly distinct from the canonical gospels, including a detailed description of
the actual moment of Jesus's resurrection, complete with a procession of angels, the risen Jesus, and a walking, talking cross.
The gospel also claims to have been written by Simon Peter himself, the most prominent of Jesus's twelve disciples. Is this really the Gospel of Peter
known to early Christians? Does it predate our other gospels? Could it shed new light on the historical Jesus?
