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Many ossuaries are of archaeological and historical value. Some may be of more interest than others. But some, through spin, forgery, or other means, try to make the interesting<\/em> seem incredible<\/em> \u2013 and our historical understanding is liable to suffer as a result.<\/p>\n

On the Talpiot patio tomb, Bob Cargill has annotated a video with Simcha Jacobovici<\/a>:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=64ud_sp2hO8<\/a>\n

And on the James Ossuary, Matthew Kalman explains why he thinks that that artifact is likely to be authentic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"