It was actually discovered over 20 years ago,it's only now that people are paying attention to it.
The main scholar who is the source for the story does not think it is Jesus' tomb.
Mary, Joseph, & Jesus are among the four most popular names in the ancient world,much like Jane,Matthew,and Margaret are today.They weren't unusual names in the slightest.Says Bar-Ilan University Professor Amos Kloner,"..those were the most common names found among Jews in the first centuries BCE and CE"
DNA cannot prove the identity of a person if they do not have another sample.
Jesus' family isn't even from Jerusalem.Why would they be buried there?
Prof. Amos Kloner, the Jerusalem District archeologist who officially oversaw the work at the tomb in 1980 and has published detailed findings on its contents, on Saturday night dismissed the claims. "It makes a great story for a TV film," he told The Jerusalem Post. "But it's impossible. It's nonsense."
Kloner, who said he was interviewed for the new film but has not seen it, said the names found on the ossuaries were common, and the fact that such apparently resonant names had been found together was of no significance. He added that "Jesus son of Joseph" inscriptions had been found on several other ossuaries over the years.
"There is no likelihood that Jesus and his relatives had a family tomb," Kloner said. "They were a Galilee family with no ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a middle-class family from the 1st century CE."
Archeological evidence shows that chances of these being the actual burials of the Holy Family are almost nil," said Motti Neiger, a spokesman for theAntiquities Authority.
Prof. Kloner said there was no way the tomb housed the Holy Family.
The senior Israeli archaeologist who thoroughly researched the tombs after their discovery, and at the time deciphered the inscriptions, cast serious doubt on it.
"It is just not possible that a family who came from Galilee, as the New Testament tells us of Joseph and Mary, would be buried over several generations in Jerusalem."
"Simcha has no credibility whatsoever," says Joe Zias, who was the curator for anthropology and archeology at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem from 1972 to 1997 and personally numbered the Talpiot ossuaries. "He's pimping off the Bible … He got this guy Cameron, who made 'Titanic' or something like that—what does this guy know about archeology? I am an archeologist, but if I were to write a book about brain surgery, you would say, 'Who is this guy?' People want signs and wonders. Projects like these make a mockery of the archeological profession."
The official report written by the archeologist Amos Kloner found nothing remarkable in the discovery. The cave, it said, was probably in use by three or four generations of Jews from the beginning of the Common Era. It was disturbed in
antiquity, and vandalized.
So no,nobody,except a few off the wallers,have concluded that the tomb contains the remains of Jesus.The archaeological world is laughing at them.
http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/
2007-02-26 12:55:35
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answered by Serena 5
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This is nothing new. This was discovered 17 years ago.
Family burials occur where families lived. Jesus is from Galilee. Jesus' tomb was in Jerusalem not Galilee. Jesus dad Joseph was probably buried where he lived in Galilee not Jerusalem along with his mother Mary. Again, family burials occurred where they lived.
You be the judge.
2007-02-26 20:57:34
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answered by Anonymous
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If it were truly Jesus, this is how those three religions would react:
Christianity: This is obviously blasphemy to Christianity, as it is denying that Jesus was physically resurrected and ascended to Heaven.
Islam: This is also blasphemy, as Islam teaches Jesus never died, but ascended to Heaven.
Judaism: Jesus has no bearing on Judaism.
2007-02-26 20:53:50
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answered by Nowhere Man 6
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Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions; remember 'James the brother of Jesus? It was a fake.
2007-02-26 20:55:25
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answered by gnostic 4
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I don't doubt the empty tomb where Jesus was resurrected and the Shroud of Turin.
2007-02-26 20:56:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Hello Erni S.. :)
I saw it on Fox News..They also reported that those were common names during that era..
There is NOTHING that will ever shake my faith..
In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)
2007-02-26 21:01:24
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answered by EyeLovesJesus 6
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Judaism doesn't really care. Maybe now they will stop saying that we killed J*sus, but probably not.
2007-02-26 21:11:51
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answered by LadySuri 7
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I don't be live about it
Christian-Really surprised
Muslim-dint belie about it
2007-02-26 21:03:55
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answered by Anonymous
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I choose to believe The Bible. PEACE!!!
2007-02-26 20:55:33
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answered by David H 4
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What I want to know is HOW many times is this question going to be posted???????????????????????
2007-02-26 20:57:01
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answered by yahweh_is_the_lord 3
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