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Gideon Avni of the Israeli Antiquities Authority said the box is authentic and dates back 2,000 years, but the inscription was forged in recent times.
However, the Biblical Archeology Society is sticking by their claims:
Professor Krumbein concludes:
"The patina covering several of the inscription letters is no less authentic than the patina covering the other parts of the ossuary, which, according to the IAA team, is authentic."
See what you did? Must be a boatload that didn't get the story as it developed.
finnigan2: The artifact was packed and shipped to a museum in Toronto for display and, upon arrival, it was found to be cracked. At that point further tests were done and thew whole thing was found to be a fraud.
Old_Mil: The date on the article about the ossuary is 2002, supposedly it has been since revealed to be a fake.
Truth Addict: "The patina covering several of the inscription letters is no less authentic than the patina covering the other parts of the ossuary, which, according to the IAA team, is authentic."There was an immediate rush to judgment regarding the ossuary, not in favor of authenticity, but rather in favor of its having been faked. There never was any evidence for fakery, there was no credible testimony regarding the source of the item, and the entire inscription was found to be ancient (regardless of whether it may have been the ossuary of the James, brother of the Jesus), not once but twice. [Update—Finds or Fakes?]
Politicalmom: I never checked the date. Why do people do this?Sometimes when I run across something for the GGG topic, I'll indicate that it's a Blast from the Past, and put the year, to warn folks (if I'm pinging) that the topic is an old one. That isn't foolproof, because not everyone carefully reads before posting. One dead giveaway is when a topic has hundreds of posts.
ErnBatavia: A weirdness about Free Republic is that it's usually (altho not in this case) a brand new registrant that bumps some four year old thread...how they even find 'em mystifies me, and why they do it mystifies me even more...As you noted, I'm not a newbie. Why people waste time posting in one of these old threads after they figure out it's an old thread is likewise mystifying. ;')
Caesar Soze: Even weirder is that people reply to the first several posts on the thread ... not caring that a) the thread is already several hundred posts long, and b) it ended years ago. But I do so enjoy watching people try to start arguments in this manner.You're my thread favorite. :')
ASA Vet: Is this an opening for Jewish Wives jokes?;')
RightWhale: See what you did? Must be a boatload that didn't get the story as it developed.And since the topic is so darned old, the boat must have been the Ark. ;')