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Archaeologists exploring a 1st century Christian burial chamber have discovered an ancient inscription on a coffin lid which they believe could prove the site is the final resting place of Jesus.
Using a remote-controlled camera connected to a robotic arm to probe below a tower block in Jerusalem, the archaeologists were staggered to discover a set of 1st century 'bone boxes'.
The lid on one of these limestone boxes, also known as ossuaries, carries an inscription in Greek which could be translated as 'Divine Jehovah, raise up, raise up'.
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Another carries a drawing of a fish with a stick figure in its mouth which is believed to refer to the story of Jonah and the Whale - one of the very first Christian stories.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2107591/Will-discovery-ancient-coffin-lead-resting-place-Jesus.html#ixzz1nlhn8eNP
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)that people will believe whatever they want to believe.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,159 posts)Even the truncated headline on its own made me think (a) "no, there will be no 'proof' in the article (b) probably a Daily Mail effort.
As for the article:
'This inscription has something to do with resurrection of the dead, either of the deceased in the ossuary, or perhaps, given the Jonah image nearby, an expression of faith in Jesus' resurrection,' Tabor said.
So this may well be a Christian burial - or any Jewish sect that believed in an afterlife. It does not 'prove', or even give evidence, that the person or people buried there are Jesus or people directly associated with him. It's 200ft away from the one which has been fairly comprehensively dismissed as anything to do with Jesus - and 200ft in an ancient city is a lot. The claim that this "part of the same complex which may have been the property of Joseph of Arimathea" is laughable - even if he did own such a large section of Jerusalem, you could bury hundreds of people in that space - finding one Christian burial in it proves nothing. And that would be assuming that the bit about Joseph in the gospels was accurate, which there's no particular reason to believe, if you're rejecting the central resurrection claim.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)Did the person writing this piece just make it up?
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Oldfolkie
(51 posts),,, and dates back close to 2500 BCE.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)According to the myth he ascended into heaven. No body.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)Next!
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)edhopper
(33,212 posts)that they mentioned the ossuaries that have been proven as hoaxes? (the writing was changed to make it seem related to Jesus)
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)I can see this :
The tomb in question is dated prior to 70 CE, when ossuary use in Jerusalem ceased due to the Roman destruction of the city.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,159 posts)Archaeologists then claimed it contained ossuaries inscribed with names associated with Jesus's family.
That discovery sprouted amazing theories including one that maintained Jesus had been buried there alongside Mary Magdalene who he had married and raised a family with.
However many leading theologians and archaeologists rubbished such claims as being completely unfounded.
And that is the only connection with the 'resting place of Jesus' claim in the headline. No-one is claiming the ossuary with a fish contain Jesus', or his family's, bones.
Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts)During the Crusades there was a whole industry in Israel, selling to crusaders: "authentic" pieces of the cross; the bones of saints; the chalice; the shroud; and so forth.