Geologist claims proof of Jesus being buried in Jerusalem with wife and supposed son
A geologist has claimed that he has found "virtually unequivocal evidence" that Jesus is buried in Jerusalem with his wife and supposed son.
Dr Aryeh Shimron said that he has carried out new tests that suggested it was more likely the Talpiot Tomb, a burial site found in East Jerusalem in 1980, was a family grave for Jesus of Nazareth, his wife Mary Magdalene and his son Judah, the Independent reported.
Geochemical tests on a 10th ossuary make it highly likely the box was recently removed from among the others in the Talpiot Tomb.
The geochemical tests, carried out under Dr Shimron's supervision largely by the Israel Antiquities Authority, worked on the basis that the ossuaries in the Talpiot Tomb were all once covered by the same clay with a very distinctive mineral make-up.
While the results are likely to rekindle the debate surrounding the possible remains of Jesus, they are still far from accepted in scientific circles.
The collector who owns the James ossuary told the Times that Dr Shimron's work determines nothing "conclusively.