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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scott Bergquist who wrote (17045)	4/13/2004 11:46:58 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

That particular relic was a fake. (more precisely, a genuine ossuary with a fake inscription) archaeology.org <font color=brown> The Geological Survey of Israel (GSI), today publicly clarified its position regarding the authenticity of the James Ossuary and the Jehoash Inscription. In a letter sent to Uzi Dahari, deputy director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), GSI director Amos Bein states that its representative to the IAA's committee established to determine the authenticity of the objects, Avner Ayalon, determined that the patina covering both the letters and surface of the Jehoash Inscription, as well as the inscription on the James Ossuary, "could not have formed under natural climactic conditions...that prevailed in the Judea Mountains during the last 2000 years." Furthermore, the patina contained in the inscription on the James Ossuary is "significantly different from the oxygen isotopic composition in the surface patina of [the ossuary] and of patina of authentic ossuaries stored in [Jerusalem's] Rockefeller Museum." An internal GSI committee reviewed and approved Dr. Ayalon's conclusions. </font> I tend to think of the bible(s) as historical novels. The facts may be adjusted to fit the story, but the flavor of the times is preserved. TP