I just went to the site with the AP and Reuters, the site that the film people
claim is heavily guarded by Israel security guards to prevent any 'incidents'
nary a soul there aside from some guy rummaging around for recycles and a dog
barking.

As far as the experts on the tomb, none of they have any archaeological
background unless you wish to believe that one of them found another tomb of
Jesus which he reported on in 2006 in The Jesus Dynasty, at least it was in
Safed, a bit nearer to Nazareth.

Joe Zias

cejo@... wrote: For those who care to
follow this issue, a place to start is the Discovery Channel's webpage on
the subject: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tomb/tomb.html

I direct you also to the Forum component of that presentation where, in
addition to general
discussion already underway, there will be "Expert Q & A" with James
Charlesworth, Amy-Jill
Levine,and James D. Tabor once the show has aired.

-Chuck Jones-






Joe Zias www.joezias.com
Anthropology/Paleopathology

Science and Antiquity Group @ The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel



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