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DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAY HAVE FOUND JESUS'S TOMB



Just when it seemed that the controversy over The Da Vinci Code's premise that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and produced a child had faded, Discovery Channel announced Sunday that it plans to air a documentary on March 4 that suggests that it has found possible proof of that hypothesis. The documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, executive produced by Titanic director James Cameron, tells of the discovery of a 2,000-year-old tomb in the Talpiot area of Jerusalem in which 10 ossuaries, or bone boxes, were found bearing the names Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Matthew, Mary Magdalene and "Judah Son of Jesus." In a news release, Cameron said, "It doesn't get bigger than this. We've done our homework; we've made the case; and now it's time for the debate to begin."



26/02/2007

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Hopefully this won't turn out to be Shroud of Turin part deux.

Would be interesting, I have no "rooting interest" on either side of the debate.

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Cameron unveils 'Jesus's tomb'
Monday, February 26, 2007

Cameron finds 'Jesus's tomb'Titanic director James Cameron has unveiled what he believes may be Jesus's coffin, calling it possibly the first physical evidence of Christ's life of earth.

The plain limestone box, or "ossuary", was one of 10 discovered in a cave tomb stumbled on by builders in Jerusalem in 1980, and first excavated by a British archaeologist.

The disintegrated bones found in the coffins were reburied, but human matter collected by filmmakers has provided DNA profiles, which they say suggest Jesus and Mary Magdalene were a couple.

Even after their discovery, boxes merely gathered dust on shelves, because the names on the inscriptions on six of them were so common that they did not excite those who first catalogued them.

Measuring just over a metre in length and around 30cm high, the ossuary linked to Jesus took centre stage alongside one the Discovery Channel team believed once contained Mary Magdalene's remains at a press conference in New York.

But the filmmakers say analysis shows the odds are at the 600-1 in favour of the tomb being of Jesus's family.

They believe five of the inscriptions represent the key New Testament figures not just of Jesus and Mary Magdalene but also Mary, Matthew and Joseph, while a sixth could be a son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Cameron said: "I have never doubted that there was a historical Jesus, that he walked the Earth, but the simple fact is that there has never been a shred of physical archaeological evidence to support that fact until right now."

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I can't wait to see the uproar this causes in the religious right. 20 bucks says they start to boycott the Discovery channel and try and get it banned from schools.

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nidan

Sounds interesting, I also wonder at the reaction of Christians on this ?

Is it good or bad, I have no idea either how some will react.

To me it is interesting archeology if true but much work would need to be done to make that determination I suspect and not by a film maker.

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Donald

Interesting, but will probably be something far less interesting than it sounds at the moment.

Mulli

But the filmmakers say analysis shows the odds are at the 600-1 in favour of the tomb being of Jesus's family.


COME ON!!

Donald

What are the Vegas odds?

Dback Jon

Wow, the Christ family tomb - with Mary Christ, Joseph Christ, etc!

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Donald

The Discovery Channel may have discovered something. That is so damn literal.

/mitch hedberg

krepitch

"James Cameron Finds Christ" should be the name of this show.

Pariah

That's "Mr. Christ" to you, buddy.

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Pariah

I heard they're going to let Geraldo do it.

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BTW, 5 ASFN cool points to the person who identifies the original joke that is based off. abomb, you are excluded.

Mulli

Any one read the book titled something like "Gospel according to Biff?"