Controversy around the body of Jesus' corpse box

The Tel Aviv government is facing charges of deliberately destroying the only evidence that shows the relationship with the real life of Jesus.

A box of limestone is said to hold his (Jesus) remains Jesus Christ is at the center of the most controversial rogue in modern history. And the latest move is that the Israeli government accused of deliberately sabotaging the box before returning it to the true owner. Called James' box , it is a small stone box, less than 60cm in length, with the words ' James, Joseph's, brother (brother )'s son '. The story of Jesus having brothers continues is another controversial idea of ​​the Roman Catholic Church. If certified, this is considered the first physical link with the founder of the Christian church.

According to Fox News, the council of three judges of the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Israeli Antiquities Agency (IAA) to return the box and some other antiques to collector Oded Golan last month, after This agency for 10 years sought to accuse Mr. Golan of counterfeiting these antiques. The controversial box will soon be publicly displayed for the first time since 2002. However, a serious problem has arisen: the red stains appear on the inscription, the remainder of the a silicon mixture left by the Israeli police forensic laboratory in the process of determining the authenticity of James's remains. But the smudges can completely ruin the ability to inspect this artifact, in other words, it is difficult to determine whether this is real or fake.

The box is said to contain the remains of Jesus' relatives (Photo: Biblical Archeology Society)

'The Israeli police, with the consent of the IAA, pasted the red layer of silicon on the inscriptions, and this action is destroying the shadow on the typeface, thereby destroying the evidence', according to geologists who have learned studying the skeleton box in 2002. Journalist Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem quoted experts as saying: 'Consequently, a small piece of the word is lost and it is impossible to continue studying.' The shadow layer usually forms on the surface of the object after a long time. This is one of the factors that archaeologists rely on to determine the true or false status of antiquities. Judge Aharon Farkash, who presided over the case, agreed that the Israeli police inspection process had caused the box to be damaged, prompting him to have suspicions about the alleged charges on the collector's head. ancient Golan over the years. 'It cannot be argued that the dumping of silicon by forensic experts changed the physical condition of the box' , according to judge Farkash.

Meanwhile, the 'destructive' side is also unclear who made the decision to coat silicon with the remains. The police official responsible for investigating the case confirmed that he had asked the laboratory to only conduct external examinations and not perform any other experiments. The IAA is forced to account for the status of James's skeleton box. For his part, Mr. Golan expressed outrage because the artifact was damaged when he finally regained the controversial artifact.'It is no longer in its original state. The inscription has been erased and contaminated. The government said that the latter part of the text is fake, the part that says' brother (brother) of Jesus', and this is also the most damaged part, ' Golan points out.

Whatever the final verdict, no doubt the box has been ruined, and the evidence of contact with Jesus will most likely never be established unless archaeologists find evidence. just new.