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Jesus’ burial site found - film claims
http://www.ynetnews.com ^ | 2/23/07 | Ariella Ringel-Hoffman

Posted on 02/23/2007 5:50:36 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0

The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried has been found in Jerusalem, claim the makers of a new documentary film.

If it proves true, the discovery, which will be revealed at a press conference in New York Monday, could shake up the Christian world as one of the most significant archeological finds in history.

The coffins which, according to the filmmakers held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene will be displayed for the first time on Monday in New York.

Jointly produced by Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici and Oscar winning director James Cameron, the film tells the exciting and tortuous story of the archaeological discovery.

The story starts in 1980 in Jerusalem’s Talpiyot neighborhood, with the discovery of a 2,000 year old cave containing ten coffins. Six of the ten coffins were carved with inscriptions reading the names: Jesua son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Matthew, Jofa (Joseph, identified as Jesus’ brother), Judah son of Jesua (Jesus’ son - the filmmakers claim).

Decades of research

The findings in the cave, including the decipherment of the inscriptions, were first revealed about ten years ago by internationally renowned Israeli archeologist Professor Amos Kloner.

Since their discovery, the caskets were kept in the Israeli Antiquities Authority archive in Beit Shemesh, but now two have been sent to New York for their first public exhibition.

Although the cave was discovered nearly 30 years ago and the casket inscriptions decoded ten years ago, the filmmakers are the first to establish that the cave was in fact the burial site of Jesus and his family.

The film, which documents the stages of the discovery, is the result of three years labor and research. It will be broadcast on the international Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada’s Vision and Israel’s Channel 8, which also took part in the film's production.

According to the filmmakers, the film’s claim is based on close work with world-famous scientists, archeologists, statisticians, DNA specialists and antiquities experts.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; faithandphilosophy; godsgravesglyphs; gospelofjesuswife; hewasarabbi; jamescameron; jamesossuary; jerusalem; jesus; jesustomb; karenking; letshavejerusalem; losttombofjesus; mariame; mariamne; marymagdalene; rabbismarry; sectarianturmoil; simchajacobovici; talpiot; talpiottomb; weddingatcana
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen!"


101 posted on 02/23/2007 6:55:26 AM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: AnAmericanMother
I do not know how common the names were in that place and time. The one brother is listed in the article as Jofa or Joseph, which contradicts his name being known as James. Thus, I think we are much more likely to be reading about the burial site of a family who happen to have similar names and not the "True Tomb." My interest is more in what we can learn about the time in which Jesus lived. I love history and finds like this can yield lots of information so long as the researchers do not try to impose their own preconceptions.
102 posted on 02/23/2007 6:55:36 AM PST by RebelBanker (May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

the ossuary was an authentic one of the period. i believe the inscription was thought to have been added in modern days with mistakes in the linguistics which gave it away. also the patina over the inscription didn't match the original one of the ossuary itself. something like that.


103 posted on 02/23/2007 6:55:38 AM PST by avital2
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Maybe Jimmy Hoffa is there.


104 posted on 02/23/2007 6:55:56 AM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: Condor51

"Inside the cave they also found the remains of: King Arthur, Jimmy Hoffa, Judge Crater, Amelia Earhart, Five Japanese Soldiers who still didn't know WWII ended, and ... every 'Lost Sock' that ever disappeared in the wash! (that alone was HUGH!)"

My daughters Razr phone is missing, I wonder if it is in there? And if so I wonder what Fed Ex would charge to overnight from Israel?


105 posted on 02/23/2007 6:56:00 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
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To: NoBullZone

People who make claims like the ones in the Da Vinci Code based on his painting of the Last Supper make me laugh. First of all, everyone in that portrait...is Italian. That's because Da Vinci wasn't really there. What if he had put a monkey on a unicycle in it?


106 posted on 02/23/2007 6:56:51 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Semi Civil Servant
Well, the problem with detecting fraud is that you need professional skeptics to do it. I used to be a professional skeptic of sorts (an arson investigator) and I was often impressed by the ingenuity and diligence of the subjects. If some of them had decided to use all that brain power and hard work in an honest job, they could have avoided all that prison stuff . . .

Many "respected scientists" were fooled by Uri Geller, for example -- it took a skeptic and professional illusionist to unmask him.

I remember reading an article in Popular Science by a fellow (Walter somebody?) who used an iron oxide powder and wrapped fabric around a 3-dimensional model. What he got was pretty close. You'll never have an exact duplication at this far a remove (fabric, chemicals, etc. are so different now).

What it boils down to is the burden of proof. The burden lies on the advocates to support their somewhat improbable conclusions -- not on the skeptics to prove that the shroud is a forgery. So many people look at it the other way around -- and award a "tie" to the advocates of the shroud.

I find it interesting, but it has no effect on my faith in Christ either way. The Sacrifice and Resurrection are what's really remarkable here.

107 posted on 02/23/2007 6:58:14 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: RebelBanker

One of the "caskets" would be empty......of that, I'm sure!


108 posted on 02/23/2007 6:59:46 AM PST by MrLee
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

If this were true wouldnt it at least be in Time and Newsweek?


109 posted on 02/23/2007 7:01:12 AM PST by woofie
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To: Amanda75
Correct me if I am wrong, but ? I don't even think people in that part of the world at that time in history buried people in caskets like we know here in the west.
Didn't the Jews bury people in grave cloths with embalming spices and place them in some kind of tomb ? cave ?
Isn't the phenomenon of burying people in caskets a thing in the European ( New world - USA ) ? and not the middle east ?
110 posted on 02/23/2007 7:01:13 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Could be big, if true.


111 posted on 02/23/2007 7:02:10 AM PST by TBP
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To: Squire of St. Michael
Since the fabric has been identified as of Mediterranean origin, the presence of pollen from that area is completely unremarkable. The negative image is explained by the impression-of-an-object theory.

Medieval people weren't as 'backward' as everyone seems to think. The idea of the Dark Ages was a Victorian construct -- they did so love to put everything in pigeonholes.

I could see a valuable length of fabric brought back by a Crusader venerated as a burial shroud -- and then an enterprising artist decides to improve on nature, so to speak.

Read a short story by Rudyard Kipling, "Dayspring Mishandled", for a short course in medieval forgery.

112 posted on 02/23/2007 7:02:18 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Since James Cameron is involved, I guess that we can expect some really cool, state of the art, CGI in this crockumentary. Arnold might even show up in a cameo.
"I'll be back!"
113 posted on 02/23/2007 7:03:38 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: BigCinBigD

But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.


114 posted on 02/23/2007 7:03:53 AM PST by sevenbak
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To: jude24
As though the names Joshua, Joseph, Judah, and Miriam were anything but common in the Middle East? Those are all OT patriarchal names - sort of like John, Joe, or Jim today.

Today they'd call him Joshua Josephson, though Greta would turn him into "J.J." before the week was out. (And if she didn't Rita Cosby would.)

115 posted on 02/23/2007 7:05:41 AM PST by TBP
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To: RebelBanker

I'm sure there's a vial of Jesus' DNA at Jerusalem lab.


116 posted on 02/23/2007 7:05:54 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: noname07718
Yeah, this give those who claim global warming and melting if ice something to think about is their other agenda and quest to disprove the Bible.
Maybe God is purposely causing global ( not by man's hands or causes ) warming for a reason ?
117 posted on 02/23/2007 7:07:12 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Victor

I thought Jesus was wrapped in a shroud and laid on a shelf in a cave. When the cave was opened, all that was left, was the shroud. Not a coffin.


118 posted on 02/23/2007 7:08:29 AM PST by tillacum (Dispite the dark days of Ratdom, conservatives will prevail.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

HAHAHHAHAHAH!! What a FARCE!!


119 posted on 02/23/2007 7:08:32 AM PST by Suzy Quzy
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To: RebelBanker

You ARE kidding, right?


120 posted on 02/23/2007 7:09:38 AM PST by Suzy Quzy
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