At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in Constantinople, Emperor Marcian asked the Patriarch of Jerusalem to bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople to be enshrined in the capitol. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that "Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later . . . was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven."
Oh, so we are to believe that the apostles saw Jesus' empty tomb, to which the Scriptures ably testify, but then they failed to record anywhere (except in the mythical infallible church tradition) that they also found Mary's empty tomb. This is remarkable.
Perhaps if true it shows they didn't have such a high view of Mary after all.
Or perhaps the good partiarch was a bit tipped.
I guess my 'position of ignorance' predates me considerably. :)