The only rush to judgment was to condemn the box as a fake. Alas, I didn't know about the Cornerstone U lectures (that's local for me) beforehand, or I would have gone if possible.
This isn't much of a story, as there are no new data:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbOOossuary_booze.html
one of the challenges (excerpt):
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/bswbba3006f6.html
"He [Tel Aviv University professor Yuval Goren] knew that an imitation of patina—the surface area that is visibly altered by the elements, providing a record of the stone’s interaction with its environment over time—could easily be faked in a lab."
So reported journalist David Samuels in an April 12, 2004, article in the New Yorker. The question: Why, if it is so easy, did Professor Goren pass up the opportunity to win $10,000?