Some minds don't require much to find themselves boggled. According to the Washington Post article the owner is an unidentified Middle Eastern Muslim (hereinafter the Unknown Muslim) nwho modestly wishes not to be identified, bought the hoax in question for the princely sum of $70 from other Muslims who "found" it without bones, vandalized, at an undeclared location. The box or lid or whatever will not be displayed to scientists nor subjected to any objective tests because "it would be too costly to insure". The Muslims who found it and the one who now has it (if it exists at all) claim ignorance of its significance as the excuse for the cheap sale price to Muhammed el Rootie Kazootie or whoever it is who claims to have it.
Berned, can you imagine how much money you could make setting up a toll booth on the Brooklyn Bridge? I can get for you wholesale. How much? How much have you got? The deed has to be a quit claim not a warranty but trust me, after all why would I lie. Why would Rootie Kazootie lie? Well, in the words of that immortal philosopher, Bugs Bunny, what a maroon!
Finally, G. K. Chesterton, himself a convert to the RCC from Unitarianism, wrote something to the effect: "Some believe that those who reject the Truth will believe nothing. Actually, those who reject the Truth will believe anything! Thanks for proving Chesterton a genius and a prophet all rolled into one and for proving him right yet again.
According to the Washington Post article the owner is an unidentified Middle Eastern Muslim (hereinafter the Unknown Muslim) who modestly wishes not to be identified, bought the hoax in question for the princely sum of $70 from other Muslims who "found" it without bones, vandalized, at an undeclared location. The box or lid or whatever will not be displayed to scientists nor subjected to any objective tests because "it would be too costly to insure". Exactly! It was not carefully excavated by a team of archaeologists investigating some burial site. It's just some guy who sez he bought it off another guy and now he's showing it to this archaeologist Lemaire. The likelihood of fraud is tremendous. How convenient that it has both Joseph's and Jesus' names on it!