Another conspiracy theory

Guardian: Is this really the last resting place of Jesus, Mary Magdalene - and their son?

A few questions jumped right out to me:

When were the names etched on the ossuaries (boxes)? Carbon dating tests been done?

The bones have been reburied someplace else. And what about the DNA testing?

But even as the felt was being pulled back yesterday, holes in the theory were becoming glaringly evident. The DNA available to investigators is very limited as the bones themselves have long since been reburied. The test carried out by the film-makers was mitochondrial - that is it only contained information on maternal inheritance, thus allowing the possibility that Jesus and Mariamene were brother and sister through the paternal line.

As one commenter wrote on another blog: Finding a tomb marked "Jesus" in Jerusalem is like finding a tomb marked "John" in Sandusky, Ohio. It could be anybody.

Israeli archaeologists were also quick to point out that despite the statistical work commissioned by Mr Jacobovici, the names scratched into the boxes were all highly popular and common in the first century.

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