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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."
Read much? It's not that no one knows where she was buried, but rather that her tomb was found empty.
Not an insiginficant difference, and one you should observe.
Considering how much we love relics and how much we love Mary, you'd think the greedy evil Catholic Church would have made good use of the bones of Mary. Instead, we believe they are not on earth at all. I guess we missed the money-making potention on that one.
SD
Just think of how many millions of Marian bones could have been sold during the Dark Ages, or given as a bonus to each person who bought 10 or more gallons of mother's milk from Mary.