Subject: [b-hebrew] James Ossuary -- role of Geological Survery of Israel
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:33:47 +0100
Ha'aretz of June 19 on the James Ossuary has one detail additional to that
in the AP story of June 18.
>> The Geological Survey of Israel - one of whose
experts participated in the panel that
unanimously ruled the inscription fake -
originally declared the inscription to be
authentic. Dr. Uzi Deri, who chaired the panel
that investigated the inscription's patina,
said the the carbon-14 dating tests used by the
survey in its original determination proved to
be irrelevant. <<