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mainer

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11. You're thinking of the Talpiot tomb -- a different tomb and fascinating story.
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 12:08 PM
Nov 2016

Detailed in a film by archaeologist Simcha Jacobovici. I've followed the investigation in some detail, as well as the controversy surrounding it.

The film created an uproar of controversy because it was an untouched family tomb that contained ossuaries engraved with the names:

Judah, son of Jesus
Mary
Jesus, son of Joseph
Matthew
Joseph
and a woman's name: "Mariamne, also called Master"

The archaeologist who first excavated it (now dead) was so shaken by the discovery that he told his wife this was an earth shattering find. Indeed, if Jesus had a son and was married to Mary Magdalene, then it turns Christianity upside down and elevates Mary Magdalene to someone far more respected.

http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com/essential_facts/ossuary_inscriptions.html

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