Roberta Tomber Clarifies That Landing Spot of St' Thomas at Pattanam has Been Discovered by P.J.Cherian and his Crew

Dr. Roberta Tomber works at the British Museum, London and is intimately associated with Kchr and Pattanam. She is considered a ceramic expert   and conservation scientist and is in charge of pottery from Pattanam. In October 2006 the Society for Arabian Studies under the British Museum, organized a seminar at Clore Education Centre London. The topic of the seminar was Natural Resources and Cultural Connections of the Red  Sea. . Dr. Roberta Tomber chose a session  on Pilgrimages, Religious Communities and the Red Sea. The paper presented by her was - Bishops and Traders: The Role of Christianity in the Indian Ocean during the Roman Period. She highlighted the fact that only recently the landing spot of St’ Thomas in India has been located by K.P.Shajan, V.Selvakumar and P.J.Cherian. with identification of Pattanam as Muziris. She pointed out that it was here that St’ Thomas established seven churches