“The researchers ran genetic and biological tests on the remains...”
Then next-of-kin were notified.
It is surprising that, as often as crucifixion was used, that this is only the second body found with direct evidence.
I think most of the time the Romans just hung the victim there with rope. It takes much longer to die that way. Which underscores the point the Romans were trying to make. Then the birds and the carrion eaters do the rest.
Often criminals bodies were not removed from the cross but left to rot and be devoured by animals.
In Jerusalem, had Jesus body not been claimed by Nicodemus and Joseph of Aramithea and buried in a prepared tomb, the body would have been left on the cross or removed and thrown into the city garbage dump......................
A friend of mine did a research paper on crucifixion and college and I read it. One of the things that stood out was the fact that iron being a semi precious metal during those years was all these Salvage from the crucified body and reused for melted down and reformed. They’ve never found a body with a nail in it except once and the reason they think the nail remained in the bone was because it was too hard to pull out as it had curled under and fish hooked into the timber. And at the time that was the only bone ever found with a crucifixion Spike embedded in the bone. I found that fact to be fascinating.