Did NPR ever report on this little fake item?
So Mr. X will take them home, wait a few years and sell them on the black market.
Some of those artifacts should still be displayed and properly labeled as copies. It’s still okay. This would help to educate a largely unchurched public. Just tell the truth, but also tell the story and what makes this story significant to Mankind.
Did NPR ever report on this little fake item?
I seriously doubt I will trust another human that utters these words.
When it comes to Middle East history, fakes are common as lots of $$$ is on the table.
In reality, this is a shakedown of Hobby Lobby.
Whenever there’s some dubious archeological “finding” that undermines claims about Jesus, the media always run with it uncritically. I remember the ossuary frenzy a few years ago.